Showing posts with label genetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genetics. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Being Short Is Better

If I could change one thing about myself (not that I think about this all the time or anything) I would add a few inches to me height. Being 5'21/2" in. is not that small, but it is enough to be somewhat frustrating. I am not going to lie, I did not complain about my lack of height while standing around my tall friends when we were waiting for the March to start last week... That came in very handy for me as they all blocked the wind from my sister and I, so we were pretty warm. There are times that being short is not fun. Trying to see something when in a large crowd of people, or when at a movie theater a tall person almost always sits in front of me and blocks my view of the screen so I have to move in an uncomfortable position to see the movie. Those are just a few examples, and I could write more, but I do not really want to.


The reason why I am even talking about height is the other night I opened up a Mother Teresa book and this is what it said:


"In the Gospels, Zaccaeus was a little man who wanted to see Jesus. He tried in many ways, but he could not see Him until he accepted that he was small. That acceptance let him to the next step, the acceptance of the humiliation that he had to climb a tree so that he could see Jesus, an so let everyone know that he was very small. We need the same kind of humility for us."
-Mother Teresa-


After reading that I guess I do not mind being short....

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Genetics and Sneezing

Growing up, whenever I had to sneeze but could not, my mother would always tell me to look at the sun and it will help. Well, today while at work I had to sneeze and it would not come so I looked up at the sun and withing like five seconds I sneezed. One of my friends from work caught me doing that and asked me if I knew that looking up at the sun and sneezing happens to be a genetic thing. I have never heard that before, so I became curious and looked it up on the internet, and sure enough, she was right. It's called sun-sneezing, and apparently only 25% of all people are able to sun-sneeze. I also learned that if I have kids, about half of mine will probably be able to sun-sneeze too. If you really are interested to learn more, you can find the article here.