Walt Whitman said, "If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred." I think he had the authority to say this because as he himself was a fascinating individual he realized what it takes to become that. Beneath every fascinating person out there is the belief in the sacredness of humanity in some form or another. Along with that comes a kind of self respect that rarely takes on the face of arrogance or pride. When the human body is the last thing we take care it will most likely become the last thing that takes care of you. Whitman is an empowering example because he did not come from a background that was exemplary of this ideology...he was a guy with a whole mess of family issues- and found inspiration while commuting on the brooklyn ferry to make a living. And I think that's the point, that's what makes humanity so sacred-the "extraordinary in the ordinary" factor. Little things we
do could turn into things that people never forget. And things we don't like doing or going through could be where we write the greatest lines of our own poems.
-Take Care