Since cancer, I feel like I have dreams rather than ambitions, visions rather than plans.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a shift in perspective from rigid ambitions to more fluid dreams and visions after experiencing cancer.
Eve Ensler's quote reflects a profound transformation in her approach to life following her battle with cancer. It suggests that facing such a life-altering challenge has led her to prioritize dreams over specific ambitions and to embrace visions rather than detailed plans. This change highlights the importance of flexibility and openness in pursuing one's passions and hopes, particularly after encountering significant adversity.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming adversity and embracing dreams.
Dancing insists we take up space, and though it has no set direction, we go there together. Dance is dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, disruptive, and contagious and it breaks the rules. It can happen anywhere, at anytime, with anyone and everyone, and it's free. Dance joins us and pushes us to go further and that is why it's at the center of ONE BILLION RISING.
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When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.
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We tried not to age, but time had its rage.
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