Your children are grown and your career has slowed down - all the stuff that took up so much attention is gone, and you're left with expansive time and space. You have to reimagine who you are and what life is about.
Interpretation
As life changes, especially in later years, one must redefine their identity and purpose.
This quote by Jessica Lange reflects on the transitions that occur in life, particularly when children grow up and careers wind down. It emphasizes the importance of using this newfound time and space to explore a new sense of self and to contemplate the meaning of life, suggesting that the end of one chapter can lead to the opportunity for renewal and discovery.
In practice
In a speech about personal growth during retirement.
Be present. I would encourage you with all my heart just to be present. Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before you. Because, ultimately, your life is made up of moments. So don't miss them by being lost in the past or anticipating the future.
For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach rock bottom down there. That was the most exciting part of it. I hadn't found anything that really allowed me to do that until I came upon acting.
By nature, men love newfangledness.
We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.
By surrendering my life to the revolution, I found eternal life
Rwanda is not over needing aid, but we can survive with less aid than before.
There is a real connection between culture and climate change. We all have a part to play and if you engage with life, you will get a new set of values, get off the consumer treadmill, and start to think, and it is these great thinkers who will rescue the planet.
The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers.
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