{"id":17127,"date":"2025-07-01T18:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=17127"},"modified":"2025-07-13T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:41:50","slug":"how-the-bald-eagle-inspires-liberty-to-overcome-adversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-the-bald-eagle-inspires-liberty-to-overcome-adversity\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Bald Eagle Inspires Liberty to Overcome Adversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Riding my jet ski early Monday morning, June 30, I spot a bald eagle flying with liberty over the tree tops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I notice the distinct wing style turning north up the lake.  I hit the gas on my SeaDoo GTI Limited and take off in pursuit.  Suddenly, I&#8217;m following the USA\u2019s proud emblem of liberty across the most beautiful lake in Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"905\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eagle-over-Lake-Athens-905x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bald Eagle Lake Athens\" class=\"wp-image-17132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eagle-over-Lake-Athens-905x1024.jpg 905w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eagle-over-Lake-Athens-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eagle-over-Lake-Athens-768x869.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eagle-over-Lake-Athens.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bald eagle leads my jet ski ride at Lake Athens, TX\/Steve Blaising\/June 30, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I marvel at the stately white head, which is like a beacon against the deepest blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The body and wings are cloaked in feathers like a moonless night against the frost-white plumes above the steel-like talons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bald eagle flies fearlessly to reach new heights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are three fresh thoughts about liberty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-1-implement-your-dream\">1.  Implement your Dream<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>July 4 is the only U.S. holiday that commemorates the start of a war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other holidays revolve around ending wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Memorial Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Veterans Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, on July 4, we celebrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-to-unleash-happiness-all-over-america\/\">Declaration of Independence<\/a>, a manifesto declaring liberty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All men are created equal.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly, the architects of American liberty wrote better than they practiced, like we often do, because freedom and liberty are a living thing.  It has to be redefined, reexplained, and expanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it is the dream that counts, and the implementation of that dream into our actions that makes the world better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching this eagle soar over the lake makes me ask myself: <em>How am I inspiring liberty for others?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-2-roots-of-liberty\">2.  Roots of Liberty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Many immigrants in the early days were from England, Ireland, Italy, and Jewish backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emma Lazarus, the poet who wrote the inscription at the base of the Statue of Liberty, was born in New York City, and her family had Portuguese Sephardic Jewish roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the last stanza of her famous poem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses <br>yearning to breathe free.<br>The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br>Send these: the homeless and the tempest tossed to me.<br>I lift my lamp beside the golden door.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Where does mankind&#8217;s innate desire for freedom and liberty come?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe it comes from God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biblical precedent of freedom dates back thousands of years to the time when Moses stood before Pharaoh in an epocal way and said, &#8220;Let my people go.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-3-you-are-god-s-tattoo\">3.  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He was tattooed with nails to get our names on the palms of his hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This summer, look to the heavens and see the Creator&#8217;s works declaring that He loves you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He loves you and wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/run-to-the-land-of-beginning-again\/\">set you free<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riding my jet ski early Monday morning, June 30, I spot a bald eagle flying with liberty over the tree tops. I notice the distinct wing style turning north up the lake. I hit the gas on my SeaDoo GTI Limited and take off in pursuit. 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