To Obtain a Birds Eye

In 2001, Incubus gifted the world with a lyrical offering in their song “Nice to Know You.” If you know this band, then you understand the depth of Brandon Boyd’s writing—an emotional, heart-strung lyricist who channels something far beyond the ordinary.

There’s a line in that song that never left me: “To obtain a bird's eye is to turn a blizzard to a breeze.”

Whew.

Those words don’t just hit—they awaken something. To me, they speak to survival. To clarity. To divine perspective. And depending on where you are in life… those words could be the difference between drowning in the storm or rising above it.

As a teen, you rarely listen to the poetry—only the pulse of the sound. In your twenties, you start to notice there are many paths laid before you, and not all are lit. But in your thirties… something shifts. You begin to listen—to the meaning, the message, the pain, the trust, the surrender. You begin to understand that life speaks in layers, and music is often the vessel.

Eventually, you learn how to rise—how to elevate your sight above the storm.

The snow may be thick. The path invisible. The world around you cold and blinding.

But from the vantage point of spirit—from the eagle's view—you can see the bigger picture. You begin to trust the unseen. You realize that the storm was never here to break you, but to awaken your vision.

What once felt like a blizzard becomes a sacred breeze. A whisper of spring. A reminder that clarity comes not by control, but by surrendering to the higher view.

And from that place—you don’t just survive. You soar.

Be Free