Living Full on Life

I’m going to take a break from adding content (recipes) to my blog and write for a moment about how grateful I am for my nose. I know, this sounds trite,  but after a lot of fun late nights staying up talking with Zach (my brother) and Nikki who were visiting, I finally succumbed to a grand ol’ head cold. I can’t breath out of my nose right now and this has made me think about a few things. I am amazed by how balanced our bodies are and how everything has so many perfect functions. Of course our nose is for smelling danger, or when we need to help our babies by changing a diaper. Our nose also brings us pleasure when we can anticipate a delicious meal. Our nose also helps us breathe. Now that that function of my nose is gone my systems are a bit out of whack. Because I cannot breathe out of my nose, suddenly my lips are dry, rather, PARCHED because of mouth breathing. I wake up feeling like my whole mouth is the Sahara from mouth breathing all night. My throat hurts because it is so dry. My teeth feel different even. And I am so thirsty all of the time.

I think adversity, like having something not work on our body, is really to remind us a couple of things. First, we need to feel grateful everyday for each little thing. It really isn’t until those things are gone, or don’t work that we realize how much our lives are enriched because of them. Secondly, all things really do denote that there is a God. How can this all be an accident? How can such perfect harmony and balance just happen in our bodies and in nature?  One of my favorite verses of scripture comes from the Book of Mormon and says “…The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator.” (Alma 30:44)

As much as I appreciate the reminder of things I have to be grateful for, I am rather eager to have my nose back in working order!