Now my belly is as noble as my heart.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of both physical and emotional well-being as equally valuable.
Gabriela Mistral's quote reflects a profound connection between the physical self and the emotional or spiritual self. By stating that her 'belly is as noble as my heart', she suggests that both the body and the heart (or compassion) hold equal worth and dignity. This recognition implies that taking care of one's physical health is as important as nurturing one's emotional and moral integrity, promoting a holistic view of a person's identity and well-being.
In practice
In a speech about self-care, one might say, 'As Gabriela Mistral wisely noted, my belly is as noble as my heart, reminding us to honor our physical and emotional health equally.'
I write poetry because I can’t disobey the impulse; it would be like blocking a spring that surges up in my throat. For a long time I’ve been the servant of the song that comes, that appears and can’t be buried away. How to seal myself up now?…It no longer matters to me who receives what I submit. What I carry out is, in that respect, greater and deeper than I, I am merely the channel.
You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul.
Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today.
Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today.
Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions.
The louder our world today is, the deeper God seems to remain in silence. Silence is the language of eternity; noise passes.
Oh Senor" said the niece. "Your grace should send them to be burned (books), just like all the rest, because it's very likely that my dear uncle, having been cured of the chivalric disease, will read these and want to become a shepherd and wander through the woods and meadows singing and playing and, what would be even worse, become a poet, and that, they say, is an incurable and contagious disease.
Once you step inside, history has to be rewritten to include you. A fiction develops a story that weaves you into the social fabric, giving you roots and a local identity. You are assimilated, and in erasing your differences and making you one of their own, the community can maintain belief in its wholeness and purity. After two or three generations, nobody remembers the story is fiction. It has become fact. And this is how history is made.
We do not merely perceive objects and hold thoughts in our minds: all our perceptions and thought processes are felt. All have a distinctive component that announces an unequivocal link between images and the existence of life in our organism.
Ah, if only I had brought a cigar with me! This would have _x000D_ established my identity.
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