Remember what it was like to get braces put on? A few days later you have these annoying lines in the middle of your cheeks where they're rubbing and they are sore and uncomfortable. Well, my friends, I do not have braces but those lines are back. Apparently when you don't wear your retainers for a while they act like new braces. Who would have guessed? My cheeks are torn up and I do not like it one bit. But I will push through for a few days (hopefully not weeks...) until they go away and my retainers fit well back in my mouth!
Ouch.
Showing posts with label bodies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bodies. Show all posts
Monday, November 28, 2011
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Skull, Scapula, Patella and Phlanges (better known as Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes)
As many of you know I'm taking Anatomy and Physiology this semester. It's been a very challenging and time consuming class as I figure I've spent at least 20 hours in the lab and library studying bones and muscles...plus studying for the lecture exams. But it's been so rewarding! On top of this class I'm also taking Essentials of Human Nutrition which is just a basic introduction to nutrition but I've already learned a ton in there as well.
The past two weeks in A&P we've been able to get in the cadaver labs and study the muscles on actual humans. What a blessing it is to have those resources here!! I can't help but feel appreciative of the people who gave us permission to learn from their bodies which is the most precious gift they have ever received. They were each someone's mother or father, maybe they had tea parties with their granddaughters. I'm not sure of their life stories but I'm sure they each had unique experiences during their time on this earth. I will admit, it creeped me out the first few times I went in because they definitely used to be living, breathing people...just like you and I. And I would look at them, then at myself, and realize all of that "stuff" was also in me!! Holy cow! Our bodies are amazing!
How anyone doesn't believe that God created us is beyond me. Have they ever looked inside a real human?! It's just a big mess of organs and muscles and fat and there's no way they could function together without a divine spirit. There is absolutely no way that lump of gray matter in your skull could ever remember or learn anything without a divine spirit living inside. Of course, our bodies are what houses our spirit while here on earth so they have to be amazing. God obviously wouldn't let something so precious live in something sub-par.
And then if we think about how God created each of us to be exactly how we are, how could we ever not love our bodies?! Sure, we should strive to be in great physical shape but if the extra 10 lbs doesn't want to come off then maybe God wanted you to have those extra 10 lbs. In my nutrition class the other day a girl made the comment that "to think less of ourselves is to think less of God." If we say that we aren't good enough then we are telling him that we are not pleased with his work. Have you ever seen the seven wonders of the world? I haven't. But I've seen pictures. And I've seen snow-capped mountains, the Appalachians in the fall, Niagara Falls, the oceans, sunsets galore, "spacious skies and amber waves of grain" and so many other beauties of the world that take my breath away. God created all of those to be beautiful. And yet, none of those are living and breathing. Why would he spend time making our world beautiful and then not make sure that every single thing about us was perfect. He wouldn't. I'm sure of it.
I guess I've just been thinking a lot about this lately and felt like I should write about it. We had an excellent discussion in my nutrition class a few weeks ago regarding eating disorders that really struck me. That discussion led me to teach a lesson on self-confidence and womanhood in Relief Society that Sunday. I was able to read talks on what modern-day prophets and apostles had to say about our bodies and how important they are. Then as if that wasn't enough, last week in nutrition we got to read MORE talks on how special our bodies are and write a reflection paper on what we learned from them. It's no wonder this has been on my mind.
I hope everyone can come to appreciate their body exactly as God created it. Because he did create it. He knows the hairs on your head as he knows the feathers of the sparrows. Take some time and learn about how awesome you really are. You don't have to study for 20 hours to learn each individual muscle and their function but you can appreciate how your body works together to make your hinges move and your food digest.
Here are a few talks I particularly enjoyed about our bodies and how special they are....
Elder David A. Bednar Ye Are the Temple of God
Sister Susan W. Tanner The Sanctity of the Body
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland To Young Women
Elder Glenn L. Pace Confidence and Self-worth
Elder Russel M. Nelson We Are Children of God (Great insight into the actual physical capabilities of the body)
The past two weeks in A&P we've been able to get in the cadaver labs and study the muscles on actual humans. What a blessing it is to have those resources here!! I can't help but feel appreciative of the people who gave us permission to learn from their bodies which is the most precious gift they have ever received. They were each someone's mother or father, maybe they had tea parties with their granddaughters. I'm not sure of their life stories but I'm sure they each had unique experiences during their time on this earth. I will admit, it creeped me out the first few times I went in because they definitely used to be living, breathing people...just like you and I. And I would look at them, then at myself, and realize all of that "stuff" was also in me!! Holy cow! Our bodies are amazing!
How anyone doesn't believe that God created us is beyond me. Have they ever looked inside a real human?! It's just a big mess of organs and muscles and fat and there's no way they could function together without a divine spirit. There is absolutely no way that lump of gray matter in your skull could ever remember or learn anything without a divine spirit living inside. Of course, our bodies are what houses our spirit while here on earth so they have to be amazing. God obviously wouldn't let something so precious live in something sub-par.
And then if we think about how God created each of us to be exactly how we are, how could we ever not love our bodies?! Sure, we should strive to be in great physical shape but if the extra 10 lbs doesn't want to come off then maybe God wanted you to have those extra 10 lbs. In my nutrition class the other day a girl made the comment that "to think less of ourselves is to think less of God." If we say that we aren't good enough then we are telling him that we are not pleased with his work. Have you ever seen the seven wonders of the world? I haven't. But I've seen pictures. And I've seen snow-capped mountains, the Appalachians in the fall, Niagara Falls, the oceans, sunsets galore, "spacious skies and amber waves of grain" and so many other beauties of the world that take my breath away. God created all of those to be beautiful. And yet, none of those are living and breathing. Why would he spend time making our world beautiful and then not make sure that every single thing about us was perfect. He wouldn't. I'm sure of it.
I guess I've just been thinking a lot about this lately and felt like I should write about it. We had an excellent discussion in my nutrition class a few weeks ago regarding eating disorders that really struck me. That discussion led me to teach a lesson on self-confidence and womanhood in Relief Society that Sunday. I was able to read talks on what modern-day prophets and apostles had to say about our bodies and how important they are. Then as if that wasn't enough, last week in nutrition we got to read MORE talks on how special our bodies are and write a reflection paper on what we learned from them. It's no wonder this has been on my mind.
I hope everyone can come to appreciate their body exactly as God created it. Because he did create it. He knows the hairs on your head as he knows the feathers of the sparrows. Take some time and learn about how awesome you really are. You don't have to study for 20 hours to learn each individual muscle and their function but you can appreciate how your body works together to make your hinges move and your food digest.
Here are a few talks I particularly enjoyed about our bodies and how special they are....
Elder David A. Bednar Ye Are the Temple of God
Sister Susan W. Tanner The Sanctity of the Body
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland To Young Women
Elder Glenn L. Pace Confidence and Self-worth
Elder Russel M. Nelson We Are Children of God (Great insight into the actual physical capabilities of the body)
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