A REALITY CHECKLIST:

It's not what's ideal; it's what's real.

It's not faith; it's fact.

It's not what's personal; it's what's correct.

It's not the thought; it's the act.

It's not what you think it is; it's what it actually is.

It's not the particular; it's the universal.

It's not the subjective; it's the objective.

It's not what you want; it's what you have.

It's not what you think; it's what you do.

TO SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE

The following, although I take full responsibility for its contents as my words, have been inspired by Dr. Maxwell Maltz,Robert Jett, and Keith Seymour: 

What each of us really wants, deep down, is more LIFE--something that may be termed ‘A SOARING SPIRIT' (or, simply stated, to be ‘LIVELY’ ‘HAPPY’ AND ‘FREE’)—to ‘SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE’ is to live one’s life persistently andconsistently experiencing a liveliness unrestricted by self-image-imposed limitations; artificial limits or mental slavery instilled in one’s mind by one’s present environment, past experiences, or cultural dictations and limitations (i.e., racism, bigotry, sexism, homophobia, ideological indoctrination, or social stratification into classes).

Happiness, success, peace of mind--whatever your own conception of supreme good may be—may be conceptualized as an experience of SOARING LIKE AN EAGLE. When we experience expansive emotions of happiness, self-confidence, and success, we ENJOY LIFE MORE.

And, to the degree that an individual inhibits his or her abilities, frustrates his or her natural potential, and allows himself or herself to suffer anxiety, fear, self-condemnation and self-hate, such individual literally chokes off the life force available to him or her to spiritually (in regards to thoughts and emotions) SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE; and, he or she essentially turns his or her back on the gifts that nature has given him or her.