This book of prose and poetry is one of belief in the human spirit to overcome all negative challenges, to survive, and to become strong and loving in the process. It basically gives the message, “Do not be fooled by appearances. Appearances may indicate that one is conquered. These are illusions”. We come as eagles. We are not here to be victims. We came to take flight and overcome. We are here to learn how to leave the darkness and enter the light. This is our mission as soul. PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS Dissertation: A comparative study of environmental and social factors in the respective backgrounds of black and white women of achievement. University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, May, l982 E. Joyce Owens Chapter 8 of CRACKING THE WALL, edited by Patricia Turner Mitchell, Ph.D. Environmental and Social Factors in the Respective Lives of Black and White Women of Achievement. Joyce Owens and Patricia Mitchell