The Wright Way
The Wright brothers freed themselves from the constraints of previous, and contemporaneous pioneers in the field of mechanical flight; those who had tried to develop an air-worthy craft by focusing too heavily on precise aerodynamic stability; instead, Orville and Wilbur intentionally chose to design a more dynamic flying machine modeled after the flight of a bird. They researched, read, modeled, tested, observed, and refined their thoughts, actions, and processes, to overcome what they had determined to be the three main obstacles to mechanical flight: 1. Wings, or lifting surfaces, 2. Balance or means of control, and 3. Propulsion, or means of moving forward. They were the first to employ the scientific method the Wright way!! They observed, tested, gathered data, refined, and improved their craft over time, culminating in the first successful heavier-than-air, powered airplane; making history with its first flight at Kitty hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. In the end they put together the necessary ingredients, built upon years of previous attempts, trials, and tribulations; for the creation of the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft to achieve sustained flight, which was not an overnight success.
The scientific method forms the bedrock of reliable discovery and understanding of our natural world, by moving away from speculation to demonstrable facts. Here, conclusions are based upon empirical data, not just somebody’s idea; making them robust, defensible, and allowing for predictions about future events and outcomes; due to its standardized approach and reproducibility.
Health and wellness are also defined by the scientific method; as we are living, breathing, walking, talking, laughing, learning, and relating beings; or said another way, we are living test tubes signed up and enrolled in the most important experiments of our lives. What goes up must come down, what goes in must come out; a body in motion stays in motion, a body at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by some outside forces; and, you get what you get and you don’t throw a fit. The human condition is what has brought us to where we are today; it has been a step-by-step process and it will remain on its current trajectory unless acted upon by some outside forces.
Bird Food for LIFE (BFFL) is one comprehensive outside force, or approach to optimizing our individual health and wellness, which has the potential to change the course of our lives for the better; it began as a dietary consideration modeled after the Bird in Lake Havasu City, AZ, in the year 2022; it was initially all about picking and choosing the foods that we eat, just not over-consuming. Over time, with experimentation, observation, discussion, sharing my story about dropping 60#, speaking, writing more little-stories, and refinement; Bird Food for LIFE has since been enlarged to address the 7-KEYS of LIFE: Health, Healing, Hope, HUMOR, Happy, Harmony, and Hallelujah, as detailed in the first seven chapters of my first book Bird Food for Life. BFFL is now defined as the little-stories that we tell one another, which have the objective, aim, and desire to lift another person up to a higher plane; see, Bird Food for LIFE is more than a simple meal plan, it is a way of LIFE; and it has been done the Wright way!! You are now invited to come along for the ride of your LIFE!! (To be continued after this brief station break)
