Whoa…is all I have to say…yes my Packers won but this weekend turned into a walk/jog along the Lake Front…it’s amazing what ski goggles can do to keep you warm (scarf and coat too).
But really the main event occurred on my random finding on my walk…when I stumbled onto the surgical science museum.
PLEASE NOTE: This is sort of a collection of my thoughts on it all. They may not all make sense and I may ramble much, but it is a way for me to put together and make sense of exactly what this meant to me and how it has affected me. I will come back to this and continue to use it to further understand how this has affected my daily life.
Being cold and wanting to get warm plus my curiosity led me through those doors and, even though I knew it could be a bit to take in, there I went…
I will say that life, death and the body intrigue me, but I also like to keep them at a healthy distance as my inquisitive mind never stops churning
Whoa…whoa…WHOA is what I said as walked through those doors…by myself and yes a bit nervous as to what I would see.
I learned many things like the fact that the bodies I saw were donated bodies and real…this overwhelmed me but it was good to see (Please know the museum included signs and mention of their respect for the bodies)
Some will say that we should not show these bodies but it is amazing to see the advancement of medicine and our advancement in this field. Without a proper understanding or at least the opportunity to learn how we are made up how could we further ourselves and really understand the beauty of our humanity?
But this should be done with the upmost respect and there is no questions about that!
Did you know we get a new set of taste buds every 2 to 3 weeks? And how crazy is it that all of these 10,000 taste buds, plus nerves and brain coalesce to create a chain reaction into our gastronomic likes and dislikes? And how are our tastes created? Are our tastes a disposition of ancestry, or what we are exposed to in our daily lives? Or is there a percentage combination of them both? And does my chocolate ice cream taste just as good as yours? Are we really both experiencing the same delight or disgust…and if you like it and I don’t at what point do we hit that threshold that shifts our good and bad tastes…
Welcome to my brain…Whoa!
[SIDE TRIP: I recommend the NOVA episode on living forever…which really goes into the advancement in science that has allowed us to further our life span here on Earth…it’s free online HULU has it for viewing.] {I’m not one of those who necessarily want to live forever, but it is interesting to learn on our never ending advancements}
I am in awe and full of amazement at our bodies and their function and can honestly say that no random act of chaos could have just put together the world…let alone our beautiful structure that allows us to perform the tasks of daily life.
Each part of us as minuscule as my new favorite bones (the hammer and anvil in our ears) [before that the femur was my favorite based on size and strength] to the power of our muscles to the benefits of our skin and the ‘thoughtless’ movements and functions that occur with the beauty of our nerves and brain I was left verbally speechless and precociously enamored and delighted in the One who created me.
To see that face to face was amazing.
I will admit that I could never be a surgeon and that my hat tips at the efforts of the medical field as a whole.
I will admit that going by myself and not having anyone to talk to right away was … well…probably not the best idea.
I want to thank those I talked to later about this as I had so much to expel on what I saw…this includes anyone who has read up to this point :)
I am amazed and still continue to ponder the beauty of our creation
I am in awe at the gift and right of each tiny thing God grants life to
I am breathless and realize just how small I am and how much I don’t know
And how much more I want to know
Despite my contained and frail human capacity;
Yet gargantuan desire in
The purpose of
My existence…
This is a lot, I know…but that is how I roll…I can’t believe how much this little walk into humanity awakened me further in my walk in life, and faith, and love…
OMG you made me
OMG you love me…
…for as much as I have lived I still feel as the child in the womb as he stares at his hand and feels the warmth of his mother amazed and awake and awaiting what else awaits tomorrow…
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