Tilting at Windmills: Update on 2011

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Update on 2011

Can I please go back to the awfulness of 2010? It would be an improvement!

2 comments:

Denise said...: my goodness...what is happening? I am worried.
denise; January 4, 2011 at 8:08 PM
Suzanne said...: OH my...not sure what is going on in your life, but unfortunately I would have to agree....so far 2011 is not too wonderful....; January 7, 2011 at 8:54 PM

Why "Tilting at Windmills"?

When I started this blog in October 2007, there was a story here about my connection to "Tilting With Windmills". Much of what was in that post no longer applies. Much other of it still does. So, here's the story.

When I was graduating from high school, more than 40 years ago, a group of my friend presented me with a print of Picasso's Don Quixote. They said it reminded me of them.

I get upset when things are wrong, even though getting upset cannot fix them. I dislike people who are cruel or petty or self-serving, and am frustrated that I cannot change them. I fight a daily battle with my health, although I know that every new day is another battle. I have a husband and close friends who support me, even when what I want or believe seems crazy.

So, the comparison with Don Quixote is perhaps an apt one. The story encourages me to take on the battles I see, even the hopeless ones. It reminds me to try to see the best in people. It comforts me that, in the end, even if my actions are futile, they are not meaningless.

I mean to try to continue "to dream the impossible dream".