Love thy body.

Recently, I signed up an online course in biology. This self-study program may not be for everyone. But for me it is the way to go for a learning moment that can stay with me for a lifetime. After I waded through streams of foreign concepts and Latin terminologies, I did feel a bit smarter on the facts of the life that my parents had never told me. The study of life also left me in awe on how well and perfectly a human body is made of and organized. According to the text book, “Inquiry into Life “*, a human body is made with billions of wiggling cells. These tiny organisms, invisible to the naked eyes, are the basic components of a perfect body. Fueled by nutrients from carbohydrate, protein, and fat, as well as chemical elements, fresh air, and water, they grow into becoming parts of the eleven organ systems in a human body. Except the appendix, each biological system built intricately of cellular tissues performs its own unique function that is conducive to the well-being of its bodily host. While other organs work on getting foods digested, nutrients transported, excess energy stored, wastes removed, and genes accurately replicated, the central nerve system together with the hormonal glands is busy coordinating the works that others did to help the body grow, regenerate and reach its maturity. In addition, the human body is equipped with a homeostasis mechanism that keeps the body’s internal environment in a perfect balance. When the body’s internal condition is out of the kilter, for instance the blood chemistry is offside from its norm, the body will get sick. A human body is also imbedded with a built-in advance warning system. The body has the ability of manifesting its feelings when it is being pushed over a tipping point. - Ayee *Tenth edition by Sylvia S. Mader.