He sought to teach others and share what he knew even when others were against him and he was considered an outcast by his very own 'gull community.Even the best of the best have anxious moments but still move forward. Although Jonathan was awesome, he wasn't immune to self-doubt and sad moments.Open your mind, be curious stay curious.You should never be afraid to learn, you never know what more you'll discover.Here are 12 great thoughts and lessons I caught from reading J onathan Livingston Seagull They don't believe in us and they call us crazy. We want things so badly, we want to improve the way of life not just for ourselves but for others too, and yet, people try to stop us. I love this story so much as it's like an analogy of our present-day life. A cult/new religion was fashioned after him. That didn't work because after his death, he was eulogized and remembered as a god. Before he died, he wanted to be remembered as a normal seagull, not a god. However, Jonathan became an influence in the community and showed other seagulls the 'more' there was to life. This led Jonathan to go back to his former seagull community where he was banished from.

However, he kept learning, he transcended to another realm, and asides from improving his flight skills he also had to learn to love others, to forgive and show kindness. But with this newfound feat, the elders of the seagull community thought him a disgrace, thus banished him, as no seagull was ever expected to do what Jonathan did. He found new ways to fly at different speeds and ever so graciously. However, Jonathan discovered there was more to life than surviving. Within the seagull community, seagulls lived a very bland life, only living to feed off fish from boats and the likes. This short book is about a seagull named Jonathan Livingston Seagull, who wanted more for his life, went after the more he found, was banished for being an outlier, yet he learned to perfect his skills, to love and show kindness. What is Jonathan Livingston Seagull all about? Either way, I went on to get the audio version of Jonathan Livingston Seagull from Audible, and I was blown away by the audio narration, the sound of the sea, of waves, air, the melody, etc.! I listened over and over to specific portions and truly, I recommend this as a great read to anyone wanting to explore life despite others being afraid or limiting them.

Jonathan livingston seagull goodreads