Jonathan Livingston Seagull It is a fun book that makes you stop and think, and the good thing is that you can read it in less than an hour. You can also read it to your children; they will love the pictures.

This book is about Jonathan Livingston Seagull, one of the many seagulls in the Breakfast Flock colony. The gulls dodged and fought for food from the fishing boats, except for Jonathan Livingston, who would practice flying into the sky, doing various maneuvers not intended for the gulls. Jonathan would soar and then slide. Although he stalled and fell many times, he got up and practiced some more. He learned from his mistakes and continued to “correct the course.”

Bach writes: “For most seagulls, what matters is not flying, but eating. For this seagull, what mattered was not eating, but flying. More than anything else, Jonathan Livingston Seagull loved to fly.” Jonathan’s attitude made him unpopular, even his parents were disappointed in him, but that didn’t stop him. Jonathan refused to settle. His mother asked. Why is it so difficult to be like the rest of the herd, Jon? Why can’t you let the pelicans, the albatross, fly low? Why don’t you eat Son, you are bone and feathers. “

“I don’t mind being bone and feathers, Mom. I just want to know what I can do in the air and what not, that’s all. I just want to know.”

Although Jonathan failed many times, he became discouraged and tried to conform, the passion, the fire in his stomach and the drive to be better forced him to try harder. Being a very introspective seagull, it deconstructs to determine what it was doing and make improvements. One day he went too far, so he thought of the Council Meeting that summoned him to “Stand to Center for Shame.” Jonathan was banished from the colony.

He just kept learning: “What he had hoped for for the herd, he now gained for himself; he learned to fly and did not regret the price he had paid. Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom, fear and anger are the reason why that the life of a seagull is so short, and with this gone from his thought, he lived a long and excellent life. “

Five great ideas

1. You are perfect and unlimited
2. Never stop learning, practicing, and striving to understand more of the perfect invincible principle of all life.
3. Break the chains of your thought and also break the chains of your body
4. You have to practice and see the real person, the good in each one, and help them see it in themselves. That’s love. It’s fun, when you get it
5. Look with understanding, find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly

I recommend Jonathan Livingston Seagull for its simplicity and timeless lessons. There is a Jonathan Livingston seagull inside each of us, let’s release it today!