Anatomy has completely changed my perspective

I am in Anatomy and Physiology this semester at school and my ENTIRE perspective has completely changed about the body. My favorite part about this class is the lab because that is where we learn about the actual anatomy of the body. What the names of the bones and muscles are and what functions they have. Right now we are studying the muscles. I never really realized that there are soooo many layers! Its been fun and interesting learning about the body. I no longer say or think "oh I just popped my finger" now its "I just popped my 3rd phalanx!" And its not longer my knee.... its my Platella. It's pretty funny actually. Since I'm still learning the muscles I haven't completely applied that yet to myself haha. But the body continues to amaze me. Heavenly Father is such a smart man. He knew all the things we needed to function and what things were important for our bodies. Bodies are a huge miracle to me. There's so much detail that people don't think about or realize.

BYU-I has the wonderful privilege of having cadavers to work with. We get them from the U of U and I was pretty excited to get to participate with one. A few weeks back we were to study the muscles on cadavers. Some friends were super excited and I think I was more nervous than excited to see a dead body. My teacher gave the respect shpeal and after that I thought I was ready. However, when I walked into the room, the smell consumed me and I started tearing up. The body's face was covered but once the TA removed the skin I broke down and couldn't control my eyes and began to tear up even more. I left the room and was really emotional after class. I was literally crying on and off for 2 days. Friends and family suggested that the reason I acted that way was because I had never experienced that before. My body didn't know how to react so it reacted by crying.

I am a STRONG believer in that everything happens for a reason. There are no coincidences. This happened to me for a reason. I don't know what it is yet, but I'm hoping to find out before I die. Heavenly Father knew I would be sensitive to the fact. The crazy thing was that I wasn't even sad at the fact that they were real dead bodies... I honestly have NO idea what happened to me in there. But I know I wasn't alone. You learn something about yourself everyday apparently and that day I learned that I'm more sensitive than I thought lol. Being LDS or Mormon does something to your way of thinking. When you watch movies or shows that talk about heaven and religious things we tend to think about the plan of salvation and the fact that Heavenly Father is always there for us no matter what. I think of our bodies now in a more technical light. Every bone, muscle, organ, and nerve has a specific function. Compare that to the gospel and it also has specific functions. I know that none of it could happen if we didn't have our Heavenly Father and Savior. This is what I love about the gospel. Being able to compare it to daily life and finding new insight.

Look for service.. and have a wonderful day! :)