Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

I think many people can relate to this, especially those who would like to follow their passion but are afraid they might be judged by others. The book’s portrayal of going after what you love, even if it means leaving behind people who don’t understand, it’s an important message. Jonathan was praised for flying so passionately, claiming he could do so unlike any other seagull in history. I love the message in this book, because not only does Jonathan Livingston Seagull leave, which he is definitely sad about, he found like-minded seagulls who understand the passion for flight and the spiritual benefits of flight. Not everyone will be comfortable with leaving their comfort zone. Some people are just destined to split off from the norm and challenge themselves. Not everyone will understand the need to push yourself through challenges and to new opportunities. Not everyone will understand what your passion is. Not only does Jonathan love to fly, he had pushes himself to new limits by experimenting with flight. But this story is way more than than.Īlmost right away, as the reader, you can glean the message Richard Bach is going for. But then he takes us right into the lone seagull ripping through the wind learning how to fly with accuracy and precision. Richard paints a glorious picture of what most people would see when they view a flock of seagulls. Definitely take the time to look at them. Saying he was foolishly using his abilities to fly.īecause of his love for fast flying, this same family cast him out, and he flew to other places and greater heights.Īlong with this story are a variety of beautiful black and white shots of flying seagulls. But as a result of his passion of flight, he received fierce discrimination from his peers and family. He discovered that being able to fly faster and fly to different places, even meant better and bigger fish.

In fact, they flew only for that purpose. Jonathan wasn’t like the other seagulls in his flock who simply loved eating fish. But as you would expect, this novel is told from the perspective of a seagull named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. The name itself only partly gives it away. Listen to the Full Audio Book of Jonathan Livingston Seagull Recalling that brief conversation, I took the thin 80-some page book in my hand, and gave it a very quick read. She asked me if I had ever read it, to which I responded “no.” I remembered my mother asked me about this book a few weeks before. It was definitely an old book, and the dust cover was a little tattered. When I was staying at my parent’s house recently, I came into the spare bedroom to find my mother had left a book on my bed for me to read.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach