Body Beautiful

I was inspired by the 'Body Worlds' Exhibition that is currently on show at the Sci Bono Museum in Newtown, Johannesburg.

What a magnificent and inspiring work of art. If you haven't yet seen it, it is a definite must-see.

This is a collection of preserved bodies that have been plasticised without the skin on, so you can have a peek and see what lies beneath your skin. It is rather like having a 3-dimensional tour of the human body. There are giant billboards with amazing quotes, beautiful artwork and so much more.

The exhibition is so cleverly assembled that you are afforded a view of every minuscule detail in every single function of our human anatomies. You get to see how the entire nervous system functions, how all the blood capillaries and vessels transfuse life and movement into our limbs. We were afforded the microscopic view of a baby from 6 weeks until birth. We saw joints unwrapped of all their clever layers of tissue and muscle fibres, tendons and ligaments. We saw healthy joints and lungs and unhealthy ones.

On every wall and in every display case our senses were inspired with quotes and encouragement to really look after what we have been gifted with. The human body is a miracle. We have been so blessed with such an incredible earth vehicle. I honestly think that if we all were afforded this microscopic view of what we have been gifted with, we'd have a very different respect for our physical bodies.

You see we all think we have so much time and we put off being healthy now because old age seems so far away, but as one of the quotes on the walls states:

"From the point of view of youth, life is an endless future
From the perspective of age, it is a brief past
You must grow old and have lived for a long time before you understand how short it is."

Wouldn't it be great if we could bypass the need to lose what we have before we appreciate what we had? If we nurture our bodies and respect them with the best choices of diet and exercise whilst we still have our youth, we really can look forward to many productive, ailment-free years.

We saw giant posters of centenarians who are engaging, care giving, active members of their communities.  They all are physically active and healthy and lead meaningful lives. They all have a purpose to get out of bed in the morning and they all eat lightly.

I came away crammed full of new knowledge, inspired and feeling good.

But when I reflect back on the day, the hero for me was 'God'.
I have such gratitude for the detail and thought that must have pre-empted man's creation. I can never take anything for granted again. Every breath we take, every move we make has been engineered by God.

I know that my soul still has so much to accomplish, that I need to take care of my earth suit, so that it provides me a maintenance free ride for many years to come.

So I encourage you too to make your investment for your future, not in life policies and medical plans, but rather in your physical body. Look after it, nurture it with great, healthy food and look forward to many years of abundant health, fulfilment and happiness.

Have a week of living healthily

love
Nicolette