{"id":283172,"date":"2026-03-02T06:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T06:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=283172"},"modified":"2026-03-02T06:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T06:16:50","slug":"the-tongue-has-no-bones-but-it-has-a-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/the-tongue-has-no-bones-but-it-has-a-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"The tongue has no bones, but it has a soul!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say the tongue has no bones.<br \/>\nIt is true...<br \/>\nBut there is also a side that nobody takes into account:<br \/>\nSpirit.<\/p>\n<p>A word is not just the sound that comes out of the mouth.<br \/>\nThe word is the march of thought.<br \/>\nIt paves the way for action, keeps the pulse of the people.<\/p>\n<p>Inhales but exhales.<br \/>\nThe day rises but does not set; the day comes together.<br \/>\nYou don't step on ashes; if you have to, you say the besmela.<br \/>\nBecause the cult of fire is still alive in our memory and in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p>Religions can change.<br \/>\nTimes can change.<br \/>\nBut centuries of life, experience and culture cannot be erased with a pen.<br \/>\nMinds that do not see this, unfortunately, remain mere flower pots.<\/p>\n<p>The wisdom of the people, which is thought to be \u201cignorance\u201d, is often expressed through the tongue.<br \/>\nFor example, in Anatolia, bread is not made or baked; it is \u201cwritten\u201d.<br \/>\nThis is an expression of the value attached to bread.<br \/>\nThey are called ignorant, but Anatolian people are sages.<br \/>\nHe knows the value of writing and food.<\/p>\n<p>There is no line of destiny in Anatolia.<br \/>\nThere is destiny.<\/p>\n<p>It is not enough to be right.<br \/>\nYou have to be honest.<br \/>\nTruthfulness is individual; honesty is a social virtue.<\/p>\n<p>The lover's girth is hidden at the level of the heart.<br \/>\nThe trust is placed on the head.<br \/>\nHe who senses the hidden philosophy in words keeps the pulse of the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay he rest in peace\u201d with<br \/>\n\u201cmay he sleep in the light\u201d<br \/>\nit's assumed to mean the same thing.<br \/>\nBut the feeling it leaves is completely different.<\/p>\n<p>People know this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says, \u201dHe stopped saying hello.\".<br \/>\nNo one will say \u201che cut the evening\u201d.<br \/>\nBecause salaam is not just a word.<br \/>\nSeeing, caring, conversing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says, \u201dThe way.\".<br \/>\nIf the path is broken, the way is useless.<br \/>\nIn fact, it says, choose a method according to the time.<br \/>\nHe who wears high heels on the path is doomed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says, \u201dLet's drink, let's open up.\".<br \/>\nIt's not opened for drinking.<br \/>\nHe drinks to open up.<\/p>\n<p>It makes the beautiful cry.<br \/>\nIt makes you say the ugly.<br \/>\nHe finds a balance.<br \/>\nIt produces its own justice.<\/p>\n<p>A slow walker is \u201cdead\u201d,<br \/>\nhe calls a fast walker \u201ccrazy\u201d.<br \/>\nIt actually teaches measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can cry alone, but you cannot laugh alone.\u201d<br \/>\nBecause only the one who laughs has a storm in his mind.<\/p>\n<p>How profound is the word for the hospital and the court:<br \/>\n\u201cMay Allah make you never lack, and make you never need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stream doesn't hold dirt.\u201d<br \/>\nThe flaws of the working man are erased.<br \/>\nStagnant water smells.<br \/>\nAnd the person standing still.<\/p>\n<p>Language does not own words.<br \/>\nIt is the brain.<br \/>\nEvery word is a distillation of a culture.<\/p>\n<p>Those who despise the language of the people cannot connect with the people.<br \/>\nDifficulties in communication.<br \/>\nHe stumbles in politics.<br \/>\nHe will be alone in life.<\/p>\n<p>This is the biggest disconnect between the people and some sections of the so-called \u201cintellectuals\u201d today:<br \/>\nNot being able to feel the spirit of the words...<\/p>\n<p>They say the tongue has no bones.<br \/>\nThat's right.<\/p>\n<p>But they forget:<br \/>\nLanguage has a soul.<\/p>\n<p>And those who have lost that spirit,<br \/>\nhe just talks<br \/>\nHe can't say anything.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the biggest disconnect between the public and some so-called \u201cintellectuals\u201d today: Not being able to feel the spirit of words.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":283173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-283172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-yazarlar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283174,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283172\/revisions\/283174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}