The morning blessings

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who gives the rooster understanding to distinguish between day and night.

This signifies intellectual discernment, the ability to think, to use your own mind. That's how you start your day (after Modeh Ani, which is a testimony of your innate connection to Hashem - see Chabad literature for more on that.)

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who gives sight to the blind.

Using facts, seeing things as they are, not as twisted by ideologies. 

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who releases the imprisoned.

Using your mind will free you.  

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who straightens the bent.

Using your mind will straighten you out, make you honest and upright.

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who clothes the naked.

It will give you dignity as clothes dignify a person and raise him above the animals. It will make you human.  

Blessed are You, Adonoy our God, King of the Universe, Who gives strength to the weary.

You'll have energy. 

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who spreads the earth above the waters.

You'll see that there's a big world  out there.

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who prepares the steps of man.

You'll be able to move about this world to accomplish.  

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who provided me with all my needs.

You'll become aware of Hashem as He helps you. 

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who girds Israel with might.

You'll find you have now the self-control that eluded you before. Chastising yourself didn't do the trick. You needed intelligence and dignity. 

Blessed are You, Adonoy our God, King of the Universe, Who crowns Israel with glory.

Now you'll be honored for what you have become.  

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who did not make me a gentile.

You'll be a real Jew.  

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who did not make me a slave.

No longer a slave.   

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who did not make me a woman.

You'll be a real man. And when there a real men, women can be women for whom all of this applies as well.

All of this is because you used your mind, applying reason to facts! Now doesn't this contradict the current popular mantra of shutting off your brain and obeying the 'experts' on everything as if anyone else can be an expert on your life?