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.
There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off.
It's been months since I last wrote. I've lived in a state of mental slumber, leading the life of someone else. I've felt, very often, a vicarious happiness. I haven't existed. I've been someone else. I've lived without thinking.
Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
Every human being has an assortment of diverse identities, and it greatly matters which one is triggered by social situations, which hold up different kinds of mirrors. The same is true for nations.
A man must ride alternately on the horses of his private and his public nature.
LET A MAN THINK AND CARE ever so little about God, he does not therefore exist without God. God is here with him, upholding, warming, delighting, teaching him-making life a good thing to him. God gives him himself, though the man knows it not.
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