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丕賱賳賵乇爻 噩賵賳丕孬丕賳 賱賷賮賳賰爻鬲賵賳
This is a story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules...people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves...people who know there's more to this living than meets the eye: they鈥檒l be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than ever they dreamed.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is no ordinary bird. He believes it is every gull's right to fly, to reach the ultimate freedom of challenge and discovery, finding his greatest reward in teaching younger gulls the joy of flight and the power of dreams. The special 20th anniversary release of this spiritual classic!
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is no ordinary bird. He believes it is every gull's right to fly, to reach the ultimate freedom of challenge and discovery, finding his greatest reward in teaching younger gulls the joy of flight and the power of dreams. The special 20th anniversary release of this spiritual classic!
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First published January 1, 1970
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Richard Bach
130听books3,638听followersSince Jonathan Livingston Seagull - which dominated the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List for two consecutive years - Richard Bach has touched millions of people through his humor, wisdom and insight.
With over 60 million copies of his books sold, Richard Bach remains one of the world's most beloved authors. A former USAF fighter pilot, Air Force captain and latter-day barnstorming pilot, Bach continues to be an avid aviator-author, exploring and chronicling the joys and freedom of flying, reporting his findings to readers.
His most recent works include Travels with Puff, which recounts Bach's journey from Florida to Washington state in his small seaplane, Puff, and Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student, which incorporates Bach's real-life plane crash.
In October 2014, the never-before-published Part Four to Jonathan Livingston Seagull was published.
Readers can find more about Richard and his work at
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May 21, 2008
Basically, you've got a seagull who just can't fit in with other seagulls. If this was written within the last decade, Jonathan would be coping with his outcast status by wearing a black trench coat and rolling 20-sided dice for fun. He would also achieve a loyal following of other socially awkward birds by totally kicking ass in Guitar Hero.
Sadly, this was written in the halcyon days of the 70's, so Jonathan goes on a soul searching quest and learns how to fly better than any other seagull. Gradually, other seagulls join him and become awesome too.
No, I'm not describing a children's picture book. I'm talking about a book that bookstores actually shelve in the "literature" section. I honestly think that there are more photographs of seagulls in this book than there are paragraphs. Anyway, some people call this book "inspirational", or "motivating." I'm guessing that these are the same people who consider accidentally getting two extra cheesesticks for free in their Papa John's order "a miraculous affirmation of a higher power."
The only reason I gave this book two stars instead of one is that I was named after it. Honestly, who wants to be named after a shitty book? Think of the entire pantheon of literature. I could have been named Atticus Finch, or Heathcliff Earnshaw, or Beowulf. Instead I get Jonathan Livingston. Thanks a lot, Mom and Dad. No, really, you guys just sit back and relax, I'll roll this next doobie for you.
Sadly, this was written in the halcyon days of the 70's, so Jonathan goes on a soul searching quest and learns how to fly better than any other seagull. Gradually, other seagulls join him and become awesome too.
No, I'm not describing a children's picture book. I'm talking about a book that bookstores actually shelve in the "literature" section. I honestly think that there are more photographs of seagulls in this book than there are paragraphs. Anyway, some people call this book "inspirational", or "motivating." I'm guessing that these are the same people who consider accidentally getting two extra cheesesticks for free in their Papa John's order "a miraculous affirmation of a higher power."
The only reason I gave this book two stars instead of one is that I was named after it. Honestly, who wants to be named after a shitty book? Think of the entire pantheon of literature. I could have been named Atticus Finch, or Heathcliff Earnshaw, or Beowulf. Instead I get Jonathan Livingston. Thanks a lot, Mom and Dad. No, really, you guys just sit back and relax, I'll roll this next doobie for you.
July 26, 2021
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - a story, Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, and illustrated by Russell Munson is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection.
It was first published in 1970. In 2014 the book was reissued as Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, which added a 17-page fourth part to the story.
The book tells the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a seagull who is bored with daily squabbles over food.
Seized by a passion for flight, he pushes himself, learning everything he can about flying, until finally his unwillingness to conform results in his expulsion.
An outcast, he continues to learn, becoming increasingly pleased with his abilities as he leads a peaceful and happy life.
One day, Jonathan met two gulls who took him to a "higher plane of existence" in which there was no heaven but a better world found through perfection of knowledge. There he meets another seagull who loves to fly. He discovers that his sheer tenacity and desire to learn make him "pretty well a one-in-a-million bird."
In this new place, Jonathan befriends the wisest gull, Chiang, who takes him beyond his previous learning, teaching him how to move instantaneously to anywhere else in the Universe.
The secret, Chiang says, is to "begin by knowing that you have already arrived." Not satisfied with his new life, Jonathan returns to Earth to find others like him, to bring them his learning and to spread his love for flight.
His mission is successful, gathering around him others who have been outlawed for not conforming. Ultimately, the very first of his students, Fletcher Lynd Seagull, becomes a teacher in his own right, and Jonathan leaves to teach other flocks.
Part One of the book finds young Jonathan Livingston frustrated with the meaningless materialism, conformity, and limitation of the seagull life. He is seized with a passion for flight of all kinds, and his soul soars as he experiments with exhilarating challenges of daring aerial feats.
Eventually, his lack of conformity to the limited seagull life leads him into conflict with his flock, and they turn their backs on him, casting him out of their society and exiling him. Not deterred by this, Jonathan continues his efforts to reach higher and higher flight goals, finding he is often successful but eventually he can fly no higher.
He is then met by two radiant, loving seagulls who explain to him that he has learned much, and that they are there now to teach him more.
Jonathan transcends into a society where all the gulls enjoy flying. He is only capable of this after practicing hard alone for a long time and the first learning process of linking the highly experienced teacher and the diligent student is raised into almost sacred levels.
They, regardless of the all immense difference, are sharing something of great importance that can bind them together: "You've got to understand that a seagull is an unlimited idea of freedom, an image of the Great Gull."
He realizes that you have to be true to yourself: "You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way."
In the third part of the book are the last words of Jonathan's teacher: "Keep working on love." Through his teachings, Jonathan understands that the spirit cannot be really free without the ability to forgive, and that the way to progress leads鈥攆or him, at least鈥攖hrough becoming a teacher, not just through working hard as a student.
Jonathan returns to the Breakfast Flock to share his newly discovered ideals and the recent tremendous experience, ready for the difficult fight against the current rules of that society. The ability to forgive seems to be a mandatory "passing condition."
"Do you want to fly so much that you will forgive the Flock, and learn, and go back to them one day and work to help them know?"
Jonathan asks his first student, Fletcher Lynd Seagull, before getting into any further talks. The idea that the stronger can reach more by leaving the weaker friends behind seems totally rejected.
Hence, love, deserved respect, and forgiveness all seem to be equally important to the freedom from the pressure to obey the rules just because they are commonly accepted.
In 2013 Richard Bach took up a non-published fourth part of the book which he had written contemporaneously with the original. He edited and polished it and then sent the result to a publisher.
Bach reported that it was a near-death experience which had occurred in relation to a nearly fatal plane crash in August 2012, that had inspired him to finish the fourth part of his novella.
In February 2014, the 138-page Bach work Illusions II was published as a booklet by Kindle Direct Publishing. It also contains allusions to and insights regarding the same near-death experience.
In October 2014, Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, was reissued and includes part four of the story.
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, and illustrated by Russell Munson is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection.
It was first published in 1970. In 2014 the book was reissued as Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, which added a 17-page fourth part to the story.
The book tells the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a seagull who is bored with daily squabbles over food.
Seized by a passion for flight, he pushes himself, learning everything he can about flying, until finally his unwillingness to conform results in his expulsion.
An outcast, he continues to learn, becoming increasingly pleased with his abilities as he leads a peaceful and happy life.
One day, Jonathan met two gulls who took him to a "higher plane of existence" in which there was no heaven but a better world found through perfection of knowledge. There he meets another seagull who loves to fly. He discovers that his sheer tenacity and desire to learn make him "pretty well a one-in-a-million bird."
In this new place, Jonathan befriends the wisest gull, Chiang, who takes him beyond his previous learning, teaching him how to move instantaneously to anywhere else in the Universe.
The secret, Chiang says, is to "begin by knowing that you have already arrived." Not satisfied with his new life, Jonathan returns to Earth to find others like him, to bring them his learning and to spread his love for flight.
His mission is successful, gathering around him others who have been outlawed for not conforming. Ultimately, the very first of his students, Fletcher Lynd Seagull, becomes a teacher in his own right, and Jonathan leaves to teach other flocks.
Part One of the book finds young Jonathan Livingston frustrated with the meaningless materialism, conformity, and limitation of the seagull life. He is seized with a passion for flight of all kinds, and his soul soars as he experiments with exhilarating challenges of daring aerial feats.
Eventually, his lack of conformity to the limited seagull life leads him into conflict with his flock, and they turn their backs on him, casting him out of their society and exiling him. Not deterred by this, Jonathan continues his efforts to reach higher and higher flight goals, finding he is often successful but eventually he can fly no higher.
He is then met by two radiant, loving seagulls who explain to him that he has learned much, and that they are there now to teach him more.
Jonathan transcends into a society where all the gulls enjoy flying. He is only capable of this after practicing hard alone for a long time and the first learning process of linking the highly experienced teacher and the diligent student is raised into almost sacred levels.
They, regardless of the all immense difference, are sharing something of great importance that can bind them together: "You've got to understand that a seagull is an unlimited idea of freedom, an image of the Great Gull."
He realizes that you have to be true to yourself: "You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way."
In the third part of the book are the last words of Jonathan's teacher: "Keep working on love." Through his teachings, Jonathan understands that the spirit cannot be really free without the ability to forgive, and that the way to progress leads鈥攆or him, at least鈥攖hrough becoming a teacher, not just through working hard as a student.
Jonathan returns to the Breakfast Flock to share his newly discovered ideals and the recent tremendous experience, ready for the difficult fight against the current rules of that society. The ability to forgive seems to be a mandatory "passing condition."
"Do you want to fly so much that you will forgive the Flock, and learn, and go back to them one day and work to help them know?"
Jonathan asks his first student, Fletcher Lynd Seagull, before getting into any further talks. The idea that the stronger can reach more by leaving the weaker friends behind seems totally rejected.
Hence, love, deserved respect, and forgiveness all seem to be equally important to the freedom from the pressure to obey the rules just because they are commonly accepted.
In 2013 Richard Bach took up a non-published fourth part of the book which he had written contemporaneously with the original. He edited and polished it and then sent the result to a publisher.
Bach reported that it was a near-death experience which had occurred in relation to a nearly fatal plane crash in August 2012, that had inspired him to finish the fourth part of his novella.
In February 2014, the 138-page Bach work Illusions II was published as a booklet by Kindle Direct Publishing. It also contains allusions to and insights regarding the same near-death experience.
In October 2014, Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition, was reissued and includes part four of the story.
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August 21, 2008
Don't read this. Go look at a seagull and think about life on your own if you must. What you come up with will be better than this.
September 11, 2023
An immeasurable love for flight, and a passion that knows, literally, no bounds.
In this story we lean the story of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", an odd little sea bird. Unlike most of his kind, Jonathan Livingston does not seek food or shelter; Jonathan loves flying, Jonathan lives flying. And as most novices do, he starts with what every beginner is bound to do, fail. And fail spectacularly! But practice makes the master, and Jonathan Livingston is on a life quest to reach the impossible, and something unimaginably greater than just master.
An inspiring little novella about bettering yourself, following your passion, and pursuing your dreams, without limits. A truly remarkable read. Highly recommendable.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1970] [112p] [Classics] [Highly Recommendable]
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鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� Jonathan Livingston Seagull
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� There's No Such Place As Far Away [2.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� Out of My Mind: The Discovery of Saunders-Vixen [2.5]
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Un inmensurable amor por el vuelo, y una pasi贸n que, literalmente, no conoce l铆mites.
En esta novela conocemos la historia de "Juan Salvador Gaviota", una rara y peque帽a ave marina. A diferencia de otros de su especie, Juan Salvador no busca comida o refugio; Juan ama volar, Juan vive volar. Y como casi todos los novatos hacen, empieza con lo que todo princincipiante est谩 destinado a hacer, fallar. Y fallar espectacularmente! Pero la pr谩ctica hace al maestro, y Juan Salvador est谩 en una misi贸n de vida para alcanzar lo imposible, y algo inimaginablemente m谩s lejos que ser s贸lo maestro.
Una inspiradora peque帽a novella sobre mejorarse uno mismo, seguir tu pasi贸n, y perseguir tus sue帽os, sin conocer l铆mites. Una lectura realmente destacable. Altamente recomendable.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1970] [112p] [Cl谩sicos] [Altamente Recomendable]
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In this story we lean the story of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", an odd little sea bird. Unlike most of his kind, Jonathan Livingston does not seek food or shelter; Jonathan loves flying, Jonathan lives flying. And as most novices do, he starts with what every beginner is bound to do, fail. And fail spectacularly! But practice makes the master, and Jonathan Livingston is on a life quest to reach the impossible, and something unimaginably greater than just master.
An inspiring little novella about bettering yourself, following your passion, and pursuing your dreams, without limits. A truly remarkable read. Highly recommendable.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1970] [112p] [Classics] [Highly Recommendable]
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鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� Jonathan Livingston Seagull
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� There's No Such Place As Far Away [2.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� Out of My Mind: The Discovery of Saunders-Vixen [2.5]
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Un inmensurable amor por el vuelo, y una pasi贸n que, literalmente, no conoce l铆mites.
En esta novela conocemos la historia de "Juan Salvador Gaviota", una rara y peque帽a ave marina. A diferencia de otros de su especie, Juan Salvador no busca comida o refugio; Juan ama volar, Juan vive volar. Y como casi todos los novatos hacen, empieza con lo que todo princincipiante est谩 destinado a hacer, fallar. Y fallar espectacularmente! Pero la pr谩ctica hace al maestro, y Juan Salvador est谩 en una misi贸n de vida para alcanzar lo imposible, y algo inimaginablemente m谩s lejos que ser s贸lo maestro.
Una inspiradora peque帽a novella sobre mejorarse uno mismo, seguir tu pasi贸n, y perseguir tus sue帽os, sin conocer l铆mites. Una lectura realmente destacable. Altamente recomendable.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1970] [112p] [Cl谩sicos] [Altamente Recomendable]
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June 17, 2020
You know, sometimes you should just leave fond childhood memories alone.
But I have a hard time resisting any kind of challenge, at least if it relates to reading, so when Karly criticized my 3-star rating of this book (see the thread to this review for her very funny and halfhearted trolling efforts), I felt compelled to go dig out my old copy of Jonathan Livingston Seagull - and it did take some digging - to see if I could justify my rating.
Unfortunately, I couldn't.
This flimsy and fluffy little book was a massive bestseller in 1972 and 1973. It's a VERY unsubtle parable about a seagull who decides that the mundane life of squawking and fighting for food is not for him. He wants to learn how to really fly.
The other seagulls are not impressed with his stunts and aerial acrobatics.
But Jonathan Seagull is brave enough to defy the Flock and continue his search for perfection.
It's all very inspiring and affirming and I can see why a lot of people still love it. There's actually a JLS website where people share their "seagull stories" of how they learned to overcome their doubts and fears and truly live, and they all tell each other how great they are. Fly free, beautiful white birds! And that's all fine, as long as you're not hurting innocent people, or neglecting those who need you, in your search to Find Yourself.
But this book, as a piece of literature, has problems on so many levels: The heavy-handed symbolism. The simplistic worldview (spend all your time learning how to fly perfectly and all other problems will magically take care of themselves!).
And the book tries to be all things to all people. Overcoming obstacles and achieving through your own determination and effort? Yup. Reincarnation? Got it. Christian symbolism? Covered. New Age mysticism? Don't get me started.
2 stars, because even if it's on the simplistic and cheesy side, I still find a little inspiration and humor in the pages of this novella.
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Initial post: Karly tells me I'm way off base with my 3 stars here, which is based on my teenage reading of this book many, many moons ago. So I'm going to re-read this book (assuming I can find the dusty old copy that is hiding somewhere in my basement) and either agree with her or defend my position.
It is on! *cracks knuckles*
But I have a hard time resisting any kind of challenge, at least if it relates to reading, so when Karly criticized my 3-star rating of this book (see the thread to this review for her very funny and halfhearted trolling efforts), I felt compelled to go dig out my old copy of Jonathan Livingston Seagull - and it did take some digging - to see if I could justify my rating.
Unfortunately, I couldn't.
This flimsy and fluffy little book was a massive bestseller in 1972 and 1973. It's a VERY unsubtle parable about a seagull who decides that the mundane life of squawking and fighting for food is not for him. He wants to learn how to really fly.
The other seagulls are not impressed with his stunts and aerial acrobatics.
But Jonathan Seagull is brave enough to defy the Flock and continue his search for perfection.
It's all very inspiring and affirming and I can see why a lot of people still love it. There's actually a JLS website where people share their "seagull stories" of how they learned to overcome their doubts and fears and truly live, and they all tell each other how great they are. Fly free, beautiful white birds! And that's all fine, as long as you're not hurting innocent people, or neglecting those who need you, in your search to Find Yourself.
But this book, as a piece of literature, has problems on so many levels: The heavy-handed symbolism. The simplistic worldview (spend all your time learning how to fly perfectly and all other problems will magically take care of themselves!).
And the book tries to be all things to all people. Overcoming obstacles and achieving through your own determination and effort? Yup. Reincarnation? Got it. Christian symbolism? Covered. New Age mysticism? Don't get me started.
2 stars, because even if it's on the simplistic and cheesy side, I still find a little inspiration and humor in the pages of this novella.
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Initial post: Karly tells me I'm way off base with my 3 stars here, which is based on my teenage reading of this book many, many moons ago. So I'm going to re-read this book (assuming I can find the dusty old copy that is hiding somewhere in my basement) and either agree with her or defend my position.
It is on! *cracks knuckles*
October 22, 2020
This one belongs to the prestigious & almost elusive group of "Huge Imposters That Became Famous by People Who Suddenly Decided to Read a Novel." The book with its cute aura of a birdshape on its cover, was a mega-hit for no other reason than everyone read it. Basically, its a huge ripoff of the Judeo-Christian messiah story, with little birds that never fully become characters, grounded (ha ha) or are even particularly memorable. Is it bad to just want a mean hunter come along & shoot them all down? Is this bad?
I just cannot fathom the language of this; the super-precise scientific descriptions of speed, and worse, why are the birds so Anglo-Saxonly named? It is baffling as to why it even got published in the first place. Clue number one that this was gonna suck: it's subtitle, "A Story." Not, you know, a novel. Like a sketch. The photographer probably took longer taking the pictures of the grainy sky than this writer did concocting such wannabe New Agey mierda.
Reminds me so much of "The Celestine Prophecy" in it's lameness level, I could just scream.
This reads like some reject for some lesser-read college Literary Anthology... But shitier.
I just cannot fathom the language of this; the super-precise scientific descriptions of speed, and worse, why are the birds so Anglo-Saxonly named? It is baffling as to why it even got published in the first place. Clue number one that this was gonna suck: it's subtitle, "A Story." Not, you know, a novel. Like a sketch. The photographer probably took longer taking the pictures of the grainy sky than this writer did concocting such wannabe New Agey mierda.
Reminds me so much of "The Celestine Prophecy" in it's lameness level, I could just scream.
This reads like some reject for some lesser-read college Literary Anthology... But shitier.
January 3, 2025
2.5*
I was recommended this book by a friend. As I had no intention to buy this in case it proved to be dreadful I decided to finally get a library subscription. I鈥檝e been wanting to go to the library for a long time as I am hoping this way I will buy less books. That might not work out as intended but a girl can hope.
I am not a fan of inspirational fables. Call me cynical but I do not believe a nice little motivational story can change your life. It can provide an extra nudge to change if you are already on that path. Also, most of them are also ridiculously stupid, The Monk who Sold his Ferrari comes to my mind right away to prove this idea. Having said that, I thought Jonathan Livingston Seagull to be cute and some of the ideas even touched me.
Jonathan Livingston is not your usual seagull who flies only for feeding purposes. No, he loves to fly and constantly challenges himself to improve his control, speed and form. Unfortunately, his flock disagrees with his revolutionary approach to flying and he is excommunicated. He soon finds other seagulls that share the same passion and strive for greatness. He follows them to another world, some sort of paradise, where Seagulls can be their true self. After a while, Jonathan returns to the flock in order to teach others to fly as he does and follow their dreams.
The story encourages people to find what they love, follow and cultivate their talent and decide for themselves in life. The book also teaches us to be tolerant, seek the good in other people and love them for those qualities.
The author obviously loves flying (he was a pilot) and you can see that in every page. His description of flying was the best part of the story for me.
I was recommended this book by a friend. As I had no intention to buy this in case it proved to be dreadful I decided to finally get a library subscription. I鈥檝e been wanting to go to the library for a long time as I am hoping this way I will buy less books. That might not work out as intended but a girl can hope.
I am not a fan of inspirational fables. Call me cynical but I do not believe a nice little motivational story can change your life. It can provide an extra nudge to change if you are already on that path. Also, most of them are also ridiculously stupid, The Monk who Sold his Ferrari comes to my mind right away to prove this idea. Having said that, I thought Jonathan Livingston Seagull to be cute and some of the ideas even touched me.
Jonathan Livingston is not your usual seagull who flies only for feeding purposes. No, he loves to fly and constantly challenges himself to improve his control, speed and form. Unfortunately, his flock disagrees with his revolutionary approach to flying and he is excommunicated. He soon finds other seagulls that share the same passion and strive for greatness. He follows them to another world, some sort of paradise, where Seagulls can be their true self. After a while, Jonathan returns to the flock in order to teach others to fly as he does and follow their dreams.
The story encourages people to find what they love, follow and cultivate their talent and decide for themselves in life. The book also teaches us to be tolerant, seek the good in other people and love them for those qualities.
The author obviously loves flying (he was a pilot) and you can see that in every page. His description of flying was the best part of the story for me.
September 17, 2022
ok, like I just wrote in a comment . . . this is probably one of those books that you have to read at a particular moment in your life.
for me I was 15, had just run away from home and was in utter despair that the entire world was as mean, strict and narrow-minded as my peers seemed to be at that time. I longed for a friend, I longed for a sense of the world being more than what was drowning me.
the friend who put this book in my hands also gave me Blind Melon's first album - and together these two items may have literally saved my life.
Bach's writing is simplistic, yes. it is almost childlike, yes. But there is for me an enduring wisdom to it. the seagull is obviously a very simplistic metaphor for a human, but in reality, particularly from where I was at the time, the idea of the "flock" just doing as it was told and spending all its time eating, shitting and talking about other gulls was not far off from my experience.
as that 15 year old wandering soul, I connected - not with the gull - but with the sense that there had to be more to life and that the pursuit of perfection was not in vain. this book was like a child's story that assured me that my sense of things was not off-base. and I'm not kidding when I say that I felt that Jonathan Livingston Seagull was my first friend.
for me I was 15, had just run away from home and was in utter despair that the entire world was as mean, strict and narrow-minded as my peers seemed to be at that time. I longed for a friend, I longed for a sense of the world being more than what was drowning me.
the friend who put this book in my hands also gave me Blind Melon's first album - and together these two items may have literally saved my life.
Bach's writing is simplistic, yes. it is almost childlike, yes. But there is for me an enduring wisdom to it. the seagull is obviously a very simplistic metaphor for a human, but in reality, particularly from where I was at the time, the idea of the "flock" just doing as it was told and spending all its time eating, shitting and talking about other gulls was not far off from my experience.
as that 15 year old wandering soul, I connected - not with the gull - but with the sense that there had to be more to life and that the pursuit of perfection was not in vain. this book was like a child's story that assured me that my sense of things was not off-base. and I'm not kidding when I say that I felt that Jonathan Livingston Seagull was my first friend.
March 8, 2008
"Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight--how to get from shore to food and back again," writes author Richard Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. "For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight."
Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes the story soar. Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds your ambition threatening. (At one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock.) By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan gets the ultimate payoff: transcendence. Ultimately, he learns the meaning of love and kindness.
I read this book when I was a teenager, it set the stage for a life of searching for a higher purpose and today, almost 40 years later, my life is heaven on earth.
In Abraham Lincoln's words...
"All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind." Abraham Lincoln
And M. Scott Peck's words...
"Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and paradoxes of life, not to be dismayed by the multitude of causes and consequences that are inherent in each experience -- to appreciate the fact that life is complex." M. Scott Peck
Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes the story soar. Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds your ambition threatening. (At one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock.) By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan gets the ultimate payoff: transcendence. Ultimately, he learns the meaning of love and kindness.
I read this book when I was a teenager, it set the stage for a life of searching for a higher purpose and today, almost 40 years later, my life is heaven on earth.
In Abraham Lincoln's words...
"All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind." Abraham Lincoln
And M. Scott Peck's words...
"Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and paradoxes of life, not to be dismayed by the multitude of causes and consequences that are inherent in each experience -- to appreciate the fact that life is complex." M. Scott Peck
April 10, 2021
趩乇丕 丿卮賵丕乇鬲乇蹖賳 讴丕乇 丿乇 噩賴丕賳 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 倬乇賳丿賴 丕蹖 乇丕 賲鬲賯丕毓丿 讴賳蹖貙丌夭丕丿 丕爻鬲責
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睾蹖亘 卮丿賳 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 亘乇诏乇賮鬲賴 丕夭 賳馗乇蹖賴 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 亘毓丿 夭賲丕賳 賲蹖 亘丕卮丿
丕诏賴 亘鬲賵賳蹖賲 丕蹖賳 亘毓丿 乇丕 丿乇讴 讴賳蹖賲 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 丿乇 蹖讴 孬丕賳蹖賴 丕夭 睾乇亘 亘賴 卮乇賯 亘乇賵蹖賲
蹖毓賳蹖 賴賲丕賳 睾蹖亘 卮丿賳
丕蹖賳 爻賵丕賱 亘乇丕賲 倬蹖卮 丌賲丿
丕诏乇 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 亘毓囟蹖 毓丕乇賮丕賳 诏賮鬲賴 丕賳丿 讴賴 丿乇 蹖讴 賱丨馗賴 丕夭 卮乇賯 亘賴 睾乇亘 賲蹖 乇賮鬲賳丿 乇丕爻鬲 亘丕卮丿 貙丌蹖丕 丌賳賴丕 亘毓丿 夭賲丕賳 乇丕 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 丕賳丿責
丕夭 卮噩丕毓鬲 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 禺賵卮賲 丕賵賲丿貨丌夭賲賵丿賳 趩賳丿蹖賳 亘丕乇賴 倬乇賵丕夭 爻乇蹖毓 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 亘夭乇诏丕賳 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲 趩賵賳 亘賴 毓賯蹖丿賴 丕卮 丕蹖賲丕賳 丿丕卮鬲
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵賱 丕夭 卮賳丕禺鬲 禺賵蹖卮鬲賳 賵 賲胤丕亘賯 丌賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賳 賵 賳賴 亘禺丕胤乇 賳丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賳 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿
丕睾賱亘 賲乇睾丕賳 乇賳噩 丌賲賵禺鬲賳 倬乇賵丕夭 乇丕 丿乇 丨丿蹖 賮乇丕鬲乇 丕夭 蹖丕丿诏蹖乇蹖 爻丕丿賴 鬲乇蹖賳 丨賯丕蹖賯 亘賴 禺賵丿 賴賲賵丕乇 賳賲蹖 讴賳賳丿
賲蹖 丕賲賵夭賳丿 讴賴 趩诏賵賳賴 丕夭 爻丕丨賱 亘賴 爻賵蹖 睾匕丕 倬乇賵丕夭 讴賳賳丿 賵 趩诏賵賳賴 亘丕夭诏乇丿賳丿
亘乇丕蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丕夭 賲乇睾丕賳 鬲賳賴丕 禺賵乇丿賳 睾匕丕 賲賴賲 丕爻鬲 賵 倬乇賵丕夭 丕賴賲蹖鬲蹖 賳丿丕乇丿
丿乇 丕丿丕賲賴 乇蹖趩丕乇丿 亘丕禺 蹖賴 噩賵乇丕蹖蹖 賲蹖禺丕丿 亘诏賴 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 丕賳噩丕賲 賴乇讴丕乇蹖 乇賵 丿丕乇賴貙丕诏賴 亘鬲賵丕賳丿 毓丿賲 賲丨丿賵丿蹖鬲卮 乇丕 亘丕賵乇 讴賳丿
丌賳趩賴 讴賴 丿蹖丿诏丕賳鬲 亘賴 鬲賵 賲蹖 诏賵蹖賳丿 亘丕賵乇 賳讴賳.賴賲賴 蹖 丌賳趩賴 讴賴 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳蹖 亘亘蹖賳蹖 賲丨丿賵丿 丕爻鬲. 亘丕 丕丿乇丕讴 禺賵丿 亘賳诏乇
诏賮鬲賴 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘毓囟蹖 賴丕卮賵賳 丕爻丕爻 毓賱賲蹖 賵 亘毓囟蹖 乇蹖卮賴 丿乇 丕丿蹖丕賳 讴賴賳 丿丕乇賳丿
卮賳丕禺鬲 禺賵蹖卮 賵 倬乇賵乇卮 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿賴丕 賵 爻毓蹖 丿乇 亘賴鬲乇 讴乇丿賳 噩賴丕賳 丕胤乇丕賮 禺賵蹖卮貙乇蹖卮賴 丿乇 丌賲賵夭賴 賴丕蹖 丿蹖賳蹖 賵丿丕 賵 ... 丿丕乇丿
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丕诏賴 亘鬲賵賳蹖賲 丕蹖賳 亘毓丿 乇丕 丿乇讴 讴賳蹖賲 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 丿乇 蹖讴 孬丕賳蹖賴 丕夭 睾乇亘 亘賴 卮乇賯 亘乇賵蹖賲
蹖毓賳蹖 賴賲丕賳 睾蹖亘 卮丿賳
丕蹖賳 爻賵丕賱 亘乇丕賲 倬蹖卮 丌賲丿
丕诏乇 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 亘毓囟蹖 毓丕乇賮丕賳 诏賮鬲賴 丕賳丿 讴賴 丿乇 蹖讴 賱丨馗賴 丕夭 卮乇賯 亘賴 睾乇亘 賲蹖 乇賮鬲賳丿 乇丕爻鬲 亘丕卮丿 貙丌蹖丕 丌賳賴丕 亘毓丿 夭賲丕賳 乇丕 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 丕賳丿責
丕夭 卮噩丕毓鬲 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 禺賵卮賲 丕賵賲丿貨丌夭賲賵丿賳 趩賳丿蹖賳 亘丕乇賴 倬乇賵丕夭 爻乇蹖毓 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 亘夭乇诏丕賳 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲 趩賵賳 亘賴 毓賯蹖丿賴 丕卮 丕蹖賲丕賳 丿丕卮鬲
April 28, 2023
Ode to the Paper Book: Holding a paper book in yours hands, smelling it feeling the pages as you flip them.Touching the cover, looking back as you pass the bookshelf at an old friend.No, a computer can never replace that! A machine, cold , impersonal,dead. As long as there are people in this crazy world of ours , the paper book shall survive.-Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a different kind of bird. He would rather fly as high as possible than catch a fish.Recklessly diving for fun, he cheats death many times .Of course Jonathan is an outcast who the others shun.Taught by an elder seagull about spiritualism (bird style) J.L.S. reaches gull heaven soon after (no he doesn't die). The seagulls big activity in paradise is to sit on a cliff contemplating their navels, I know they haven't any, or wings or something like that (might sound a little strange to humans?). Bored, he begins teaching others. His followers begin calling Jonathan , Son of the Great Gull, who else? Will he return to his flock back on Earth?And spread, not his wings but the word?...A product of its time.
March 5, 2009
Puerile platitudes posing as wisdom.
September 15, 2017
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳亘賵丿貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賲蹖卮丿 诏賮鬲 "丨讴丕蹖鬲" 亘賵丿貙 賲卮丕亘賴 丨讴丕蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 爻賴乇賵乇丿蹖 禺賵丿賲賵賳貙 亘丕 丿乇賵賳賲丕蹖賴 蹖 毓乇賮丕賳蹖. 丕賱亘鬲賴 毓乇賮丕賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 毓乇賮丕賳 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 亘賵丿 亘蹖卮鬲乇 鬲丕 毓乇賮丕賳 丕賱賴蹖. 丕賲丕 爻蹖乇 賲乇丕丨賱 卮賳丕禺鬲貙 禺蹖賱蹖 卮亘蹖賴 賲卮丕亘賴 賴丕蹖 賵胤賳蹖 亘賵丿 (爻蹖乇 賲賳 丕賱禺賱賯 丕賱蹖 丕賱丨賯貙 爻蹖乇 賮蹖 丕賱丨賯貙 爻蹖乇 賲賳 丕賱丨賯 丕賱蹖 丕賱禺賱賯貙 爻蹖乇 賲毓 丕賱禺賱賯 丕賱蹖 丕賱丨賯.)
賲囟丕賲蹖賳 讴賲丕亘蹖卮 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖 亘賵丿貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 倬乇丿丕夭蹖 囟毓蹖賮 亘賵丿貙 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 "丨讴丕蹖鬲" 亘賵丿賳貙 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 賳丿丕卮鬲賳. 賳鬲蹖噩賴 卮 賲蹖卮賴 丿賵 爻鬲丕乇賴.
賲囟丕賲蹖賳 讴賲丕亘蹖卮 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖 亘賵丿貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 倬乇丿丕夭蹖 囟毓蹖賮 亘賵丿貙 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 "丨讴丕蹖鬲" 亘賵丿賳貙 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 賳丿丕卮鬲賳. 賳鬲蹖噩賴 卮 賲蹖卮賴 丿賵 爻鬲丕乇賴.
October 24, 2023
Just as one can read books too early, there are certain books one reads too late. And no doubt, Jonathan Livingston the Gull is one of them: if I feel vague that I would have appreciated this book at the beginning of adolescence, his adventures today leave me unmoved.
I have a little more trouble with the second, especially if the first part speaks to me a lot. As long as Jonathan fights against the mediocrity of his surroundings to live his dreams, I quickly get the message. However, the second part, with luminous birds that defy all the laws of physics and try to bring the good word to the rest of the world, leaves me a little more skeptical.
I have a little more trouble with the second, especially if the first part speaks to me a lot. As long as Jonathan fights against the mediocrity of his surroundings to live his dreams, I quickly get the message. However, the second part, with luminous birds that defy all the laws of physics and try to bring the good word to the rest of the world, leaves me a little more skeptical.
November 30, 2018
賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丨賰丕賷丞 賳賵乇爻 賵丕丨丿 賷丨亘購賾 丕賱胤賷乇丕賳 "噩丿賷賸丕" 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 亘丕禺 兀賳 賷乇賷賳丕 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 賮賷 丿賵乇鬲賴 匕丕鬲 丕賱賲乇丕丨賱 丕賱兀乇亘毓丞. 賲賳匕 賳亘匕 丕賱兀賳亘賷丕亍 賵胤乇丿賴賲 賵丨鬲賶 鬲賯丿賷爻賴賲 賵丕賱鬲亘乇賾賰 亘賯亘賵乇賴賲. 卮賷亍賹 賵丕丨丿 賮丕鬲賳丕貙 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇丨賱丞貨 兀賳 賳鬲毓賱賲 賲賳賴賲 丕賱胤賷乇丕賳. 賵賰賷賮 賳賰賵賳 匕賵丕鬲賸丕 丨賯丞. 賵兀賳 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賴賵 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳 丕賱匕賷 賷丿賮毓 亘賰 亘丕鬲噩丕賴 丨乇賷賾鬲賰貙 賵亘丿丕賴丕鬲 兀禺乇賶 賳爻賷賳丕賴丕.
賷乇爻賲 亘丕禺 賲爻鬲賵賷丕鬲 賲鬲毓丿丿丞 賱賱賵噩賵丿貙 賵賲爻鬲賵賷丕鬲 賲鬲毓丿丿丞 賱賱賮賴賲. 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賳賵乇爻 噩賵賳丕孬丕賳 賳乇賶 賳馗乇丞 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賱賱賴貙 賵賱賱兀賳亘賷丕亍 賵丕賱賯丿賷爻賷賳貙 賵賱賱爻賷丕賯 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷 丕賱匕賷 鬲鬲卮賰賱 賮賷賴 兀賷 丨乇賰丞 廿氐賱丕丨賷丞 (賳爻賲賷賴丕 丿賷賳賸丕)貙 賵賰賷賮賷丞 鬲卮賰賱 賮乇賷賯 賲賳 丕賱丨賵丕乇賷賷賳/丕賱氐丨丕亘丞 丕賱賲丐賲賳賷賳 亘丕賱乇爻丕賱丞貙 孬賲 丕賱爻賯賵胤 丕賱賲丐爻賮 賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 鬲丨乇賷賮 丕賱乇爻丕賱丞貙 賵鬲賮鬲賷鬲 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賮賷 胤賯賵爻 賲丕丿賷丞貙 賵賳卮兀丞 丕賱賮賯賴 賵丕賱賰賴賳賵鬲 賵丕賱賲丐爻爻丕鬲 丕賱丿賷賳賷丞 丕賱乇爻賲賷丞.
廿賳 鬲賯丿賷爻 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 賮賷 丕賱睾丕賱亘 賷賰賵賳 兀賰亘乇 毓丕卅賯 兀賲丕賲 丕賱鬲毓賱賾賲 賲賳賴賲.
丨鬲賶 賱賵 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 丕賱卮禺氐 賴賵 丕賱賳賵乇爻 噩賵賳丕孬丕賳 亘毓賷賳賴.
乇賵丕賷丞 匕賰賷丞 噩丿賸丕.
賷乇爻賲 亘丕禺 賲爻鬲賵賷丕鬲 賲鬲毓丿丿丞 賱賱賵噩賵丿貙 賵賲爻鬲賵賷丕鬲 賲鬲毓丿丿丞 賱賱賮賴賲. 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賳賵乇爻 噩賵賳丕孬丕賳 賳乇賶 賳馗乇丞 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賱賱賴貙 賵賱賱兀賳亘賷丕亍 賵丕賱賯丿賷爻賷賳貙 賵賱賱爻賷丕賯 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷 丕賱匕賷 鬲鬲卮賰賱 賮賷賴 兀賷 丨乇賰丞 廿氐賱丕丨賷丞 (賳爻賲賷賴丕 丿賷賳賸丕)貙 賵賰賷賮賷丞 鬲卮賰賱 賮乇賷賯 賲賳 丕賱丨賵丕乇賷賷賳/丕賱氐丨丕亘丞 丕賱賲丐賲賳賷賳 亘丕賱乇爻丕賱丞貙 孬賲 丕賱爻賯賵胤 丕賱賲丐爻賮 賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 鬲丨乇賷賮 丕賱乇爻丕賱丞貙 賵鬲賮鬲賷鬲 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賮賷 胤賯賵爻 賲丕丿賷丞貙 賵賳卮兀丞 丕賱賮賯賴 賵丕賱賰賴賳賵鬲 賵丕賱賲丐爻爻丕鬲 丕賱丿賷賳賷丞 丕賱乇爻賲賷丞.
廿賳 鬲賯丿賷爻 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 賮賷 丕賱睾丕賱亘 賷賰賵賳 兀賰亘乇 毓丕卅賯 兀賲丕賲 丕賱鬲毓賱賾賲 賲賳賴賲.
丨鬲賶 賱賵 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 丕賱卮禺氐 賴賵 丕賱賳賵乇爻 噩賵賳丕孬丕賳 亘毓賷賳賴.
乇賵丕賷丞 匕賰賷丞 噩丿賸丕.
June 24, 2020
There is that special magic in the books you loved as a kid. The wide-eyed innocence and all that stuff does give even the least subtle stories that unforgettable magical sheen.
I was probably around eleven or so, still in the warm fuzzies of childhood, still far away from snarky and exasperated teenage know-it-all cynicism when I came across this slender little book in the depths of out school library. It was in English - the language that I was just learning at that time, and looked more accessible than my prior attempt at an English language story (, if you鈥檙e curious, a terrible book choice for a barely English speaking preteen).
I inhaled this story over the course of a single afternoon, even with never-ending dictionary searches. It was wonderful, beautiful, splendid in its entirely not subtle 鈥減ursue your dreams no matter what鈥� message. It was dedicated 鈥淭o the real Jonathan Seagull, who lives within us all鈥�, and I was floored and preteen mind was blown.
Yes, my little impressionable heart agreed, yes - I WILL pursue my dreams and will never settle, and I will keep persevering until I reach new heights.
Since then, I haven鈥檛 revisited this story, but would occasionally remember it, usually when on the beach and seeing seagulls scramble for food. Those are not Jonathan Livingston Seagull, I鈥檇 think; they probably have not yet discovered that perfect joy of striving for more than just the basics.
And then Tadiana鈥檚 review came along, and after getting through the initial shock of 鈥渨ow, how is this book not five stars for everyone????!!!!鈥� I decided to revisit it 鈥� even though I knew that there鈥檚 no way to recapture the magic of childhood. I told myself I wouldn鈥檛, I knew I shouldn鈥檛 鈥� but what do I usually do when I know I shouldn鈥檛 do something? Right. Obviously, I reread it.
But then I remembered what it felt like to be eleven and inspired by Seagull Jon and my inner grumpy cynicism let go a little, and some of that warmth crept back into my shriveled Grinchy heart.
But I鈥檓 still going to sneak it into the reading pile for any suitable kid. Because it鈥檚 still awesome when you are eleven.
3 grumpy stars now (but full 5 stars from my eleven-year-old self).
I was probably around eleven or so, still in the warm fuzzies of childhood, still far away from snarky and exasperated teenage know-it-all cynicism when I came across this slender little book in the depths of out school library. It was in English - the language that I was just learning at that time, and looked more accessible than my prior attempt at an English language story (, if you鈥檙e curious, a terrible book choice for a barely English speaking preteen).
I inhaled this story over the course of a single afternoon, even with never-ending dictionary searches. It was wonderful, beautiful, splendid in its entirely not subtle 鈥減ursue your dreams no matter what鈥� message. It was dedicated 鈥淭o the real Jonathan Seagull, who lives within us all鈥�, and I was floored and preteen mind was blown.
Yes, my little impressionable heart agreed, yes - I WILL pursue my dreams and will never settle, and I will keep persevering until I reach new heights.
鈥淒o you have any idea how many lives we must have gone through before we even got the first idea that there is more to life than eating, or fighting, or power in the Flock? A thousand lives, Jon, ten thousand! And then another hundred lives until we began to learn that there is such a thing as perfection, and another hundred again to get the idea that our purpose for living is to find that perfection and show it forth. The same rule holds for us now, of course: we choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome.鈥�
Since then, I haven鈥檛 revisited this story, but would occasionally remember it, usually when on the beach and seeing seagulls scramble for food. Those are not Jonathan Livingston Seagull, I鈥檇 think; they probably have not yet discovered that perfect joy of striving for more than just the basics.
And then Tadiana鈥檚 review came along, and after getting through the initial shock of 鈥渨ow, how is this book not five stars for everyone????!!!!鈥� I decided to revisit it 鈥� even though I knew that there鈥檚 no way to recapture the magic of childhood. I told myself I wouldn鈥檛, I knew I shouldn鈥檛 鈥� but what do I usually do when I know I shouldn鈥檛 do something? Right. Obviously, I reread it.
As Terry Pratchett aptly wrote: "If you put a large switch in a cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying, 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH' the paint wouldn't even have time to dry."It鈥檚 such a short story when the illustrations are ignored. And it鈥檚 so blatantly unsubtle and cheesy and heavy-handed and in-your-face with the message. And I was annoyed and disappointed, sure.
That often tends to sum up my life choices.
But then I remembered what it felt like to be eleven and inspired by Seagull Jon and my inner grumpy cynicism let go a little, and some of that warmth crept back into my shriveled Grinchy heart.
Because yeah, this is the book for the preteens who need to be inspired, and childhood is where it belongs, and it鈥檚 not its fault that I chose to dredge it out now when I鈥檓 completely unsuitable for its wide-eyed magic. And so I鈥檓 meeting my young self and my now-self in the middle, settling on the 3 stars.
But I鈥檓 still going to sneak it into the reading pile for any suitable kid. Because it鈥檚 still awesome when you are eleven.
3 grumpy stars now (but full 5 stars from my eleven-year-old self).
May 16, 2010
This reminds me of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist (the only one of his I've read). It's self-consciously "beautiful" and spiritual, but doesn't really have much depth. I enjoyed it in my late teens, when I had delusions of profundity, but I don't think it has much to impart to adults.
It has 2* for nostalgia. If I read it now, I expect I'd only give it 1*.
It has 2* for nostalgia. If I read it now, I expect I'd only give it 1*.
January 15, 2016
卮蹖賮鬲賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮丿賲 , 禺蹖賱蹖 爻丕丿賴 賵 讴賵鬲丕賴 亘丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 卮蹖乇蹖賳 賵 賳賲丕丿蹖賳 卮丕蹖丿 丨乇賮 賴丕蹖蹖 乇賵 夭丿 讴賴 賯乇賳 賴丕 倬蹖卮 倬蹖丕賲亘乇丕賳 爻毓蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿賳丿 亘賴 賲乇丿賲 丿賵乇賴 蹖 禺賵丿卮賵賳 蹖丕丿 亘丿賳 , 賳賲丕丿 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丕夭 鬲賲丕賲 賵噩賵丿 賴丕蹖 丕賵噩 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 爻蹖乇丕亘 賳卮丿賴 丕賲丕 乇卮丿 讴乇丿賴 丕蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 賴賲趩賳丕賳 賴賲 丿乇 丨丕賱 乇卮丿賳丿 賵 亘賴 丿賵乇 丕夭 賲丨丿賵丿蹖鬲 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 噩丕賲毓賴 賴丕卮賵賳 亘乇丕卮賵賳 丿乇 賳馗乇 賲蹖诏蹖乇賴 , 倬乇賵丕夭 賲蹖讴賳賳 賵 倬乇賵丕夭 乇賵 賴賲 亘賴 毓卮丕賯卮 蹖丕丿 賲蹖丿賳 , 亘丿賵賳 賴蹖趩 丕丿毓丕蹖蹖 亘丿賵賳 倬匕蹖乇卮 丕蹖賳讴賴 趩蹖夭蹖 賵 蹖丕 賯丿乇鬲蹖 卮亘蹖賴 亘賴 禺丿丕 丿丕乇賳丿 ...賴賲賴 蹖 賵噩賵丿 賴丕 賮乇丕鬲乇 丕夭 噩爻賲賳丿 丕賲丕 丿乇诏蹖乇 丕蹖賳 噩爻賲 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 賮賯胤 鬲丨賲賱 丿蹖丿賳 鬲丕 賳賵讴 亘蹖賳蹖 丿賳蹖丕蹖 禺賵丿卮賵賳 蹖丕 卮亘蹖賴 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 丿賳蹖丕蹖 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 , 賳賵讴 亘丕賱 賴丕卮賵賳 乇賵 丿丕乇賳丿 , 讴丕卮 賴賲诏蹖 倬乇賵丕夭 乇賵 蹖丕丿 亘诏蹖乇蹖賲 賵 亘毓丿卮 亘賴 賲卮鬲丕賯丕賳卮 賴賲 蹖丕丿 亘丿蹖賲 ... 讴丕卮 讴賲蹖 賲孬賱 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 亘蹖 亘丕讴 賵 讴賳噩讴丕賵 賵 亘丕 丕賳诏蹖夭賴 賵 倬乇 卮賵乇 賵 賳卮丕胤卮 賵 亘賴 丿賵乇 丕夭 禺賵丕爻鬲賴 賴丕蹖 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖 賵 爻乇诏乇賲 讴賳賳丿賴 丕卮 亘賵丿蹖賲 ....
November 22, 2016
When I was a lad, I had to endure my hippie science teacher's self-narrated slide show of the entire book. It beat listening to a lecture about photosynthesis, but not by much.
June 12, 2024
"We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill."
听
What happens when you start to live as your true self?听 There is certainly some fear in starting to become the person you were born to be.听 If you鈥檝e spent your life trying to do what is expected of you, your stepping out of that role may cause some consternation on the part of the people around you.听听For those readers developing the practice of listening to a voice other than those that clamour around them,听Jonathan听Livingston听Seagull 听is a welcome companion.
The story is told in a symbolic manner. You'll feel a connection with Jonathan Seagull as soon as you start reading it. It's a young Seagull who's fed up with the monotony of existence. It is continually yearning for a higher plane of existence. Other seagulls, however, who are used to the food-shelter-life approach, are insulted by Jonathan's ideas.
Fun Fact:听听
It was not written as one complete novel initially; Richard Bach wrote it as a series of short stories which was published in a magazine called 鈥淔lying鈥� in the latter half of the 1960s. Then, the series of short stories was compiled by Richard Bach and was first released as a book in 1970. It听reached the top of the听New York Times听鈥淏est Seller List鈥� for thirty-eight straight weeks. The book was illustrated by Russell Munson.
You might like to check out more similar books
听
What happens when you start to live as your true self?听 There is certainly some fear in starting to become the person you were born to be.听 If you鈥檝e spent your life trying to do what is expected of you, your stepping out of that role may cause some consternation on the part of the people around you.听听For those readers developing the practice of listening to a voice other than those that clamour around them,听Jonathan听Livingston听Seagull 听is a welcome companion.
The story is told in a symbolic manner. You'll feel a connection with Jonathan Seagull as soon as you start reading it. It's a young Seagull who's fed up with the monotony of existence. It is continually yearning for a higher plane of existence. Other seagulls, however, who are used to the food-shelter-life approach, are insulted by Jonathan's ideas.
Fun Fact:听听
It was not written as one complete novel initially; Richard Bach wrote it as a series of short stories which was published in a magazine called 鈥淔lying鈥� in the latter half of the 1960s. Then, the series of short stories was compiled by Richard Bach and was first released as a book in 1970. It听reached the top of the听New York Times听鈥淏est Seller List鈥� for thirty-eight straight weeks. The book was illustrated by Russell Munson.
You might like to check out more similar books
January 3, 2020
鈥滻t was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across ripples of a gentle sea.鈥�
Isn鈥檛 this the most beautiful opening line for a book?
This is an inspiring little story, about a seagull who didn鈥檛 simply want to fly to survive, but wanted to fly to feel alive.
鈥滿ore than anything else, Jonathan Livingston Seagull loved to fly鈥�
Which makes me think about the whole idea of joy and happiness. What makes you happy. What fires your passion. Brings a smile to your face. Gives you a feeling of contentment.
Sure, life comes with responsibility in a myriad of forms. Needs to be met. Bills to be paid. And it鈥檚 so easy to lose sight of ourselves. To get worn down by the daily grind. But none of these worries are what makes you 鈥測ou鈥�.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull never gave up. He had a dream. He was determined. He wanted to fly for the simple joy of doing so. To soar as high as he could. He failed often. He went against the flock. But he kept going. It was hard, but it was worth it.
鈥漌e can be free! We can learn to fly.鈥�
Yes, I admit I鈥檓 a bit of a sucker for seagulls. I鈥檓 lucky enough to live near the beach, and I love watching them. Their line and form. Their ability to soar. Their freedom.
The style of writing and the way the message is put together is a tiny bit dated. A bit hippy trippy. But that鈥檚 ok. It was written in 1970 after all, and definitely reflects the mood of the time. But it still retains its inspirational theme. The message still rings true. To be your own person (or seagull!). And to support and encourage others to be the best version of themselves. To believe. To see what others can see.
The photos are a perfect match for the text, and make this a wonderfully calming book to read and ponder over.
TEXT: Richard Bach
PHOTOS: Russell Munson
鈥漈he gull sees furthest who flies highest.鈥�
A nice opener for a bit of inspiration this early in the New Year. 3.5鈽� squawking stars.
*** Follow your bliss ***
Isn鈥檛 this the most beautiful opening line for a book?
This is an inspiring little story, about a seagull who didn鈥檛 simply want to fly to survive, but wanted to fly to feel alive.
鈥滿ore than anything else, Jonathan Livingston Seagull loved to fly鈥�
Which makes me think about the whole idea of joy and happiness. What makes you happy. What fires your passion. Brings a smile to your face. Gives you a feeling of contentment.
Sure, life comes with responsibility in a myriad of forms. Needs to be met. Bills to be paid. And it鈥檚 so easy to lose sight of ourselves. To get worn down by the daily grind. But none of these worries are what makes you 鈥測ou鈥�.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull never gave up. He had a dream. He was determined. He wanted to fly for the simple joy of doing so. To soar as high as he could. He failed often. He went against the flock. But he kept going. It was hard, but it was worth it.
鈥漌e can be free! We can learn to fly.鈥�
Yes, I admit I鈥檓 a bit of a sucker for seagulls. I鈥檓 lucky enough to live near the beach, and I love watching them. Their line and form. Their ability to soar. Their freedom.
The style of writing and the way the message is put together is a tiny bit dated. A bit hippy trippy. But that鈥檚 ok. It was written in 1970 after all, and definitely reflects the mood of the time. But it still retains its inspirational theme. The message still rings true. To be your own person (or seagull!). And to support and encourage others to be the best version of themselves. To believe. To see what others can see.
The photos are a perfect match for the text, and make this a wonderfully calming book to read and ponder over.
TEXT: Richard Bach
PHOTOS: Russell Munson
鈥漈he gull sees furthest who flies highest.鈥�
A nice opener for a bit of inspiration this early in the New Year. 3.5鈽� squawking stars.
*** Follow your bliss ***
February 8, 2017
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I WAS gifted Richard Bach鈥檚 Jonathan Livingston Seagull by my elder brother when he visited Karachi from Frankfurt for his vacation in 1973. However, I did not read the book until 1987. To be honest with you, I did not think much of it at the time and gave it away to a friend.
Learning more about birds with the passage of time, I wanted to read the book again. I regretted giving it away. Luckily another friend of mine had a copy. He lent it to me for just one night in 2005, saying that it actually belonged to his son who hadn鈥檛 read it yet. I finished the book in a few hours. I liked it much better this time and even wrote a review for my friend to read.
Yesterday I re-read the book on pdf so that I could review it for goodreads. And I must admit that this time I actually found the book to be amazing. Maybe with age I have become more mature as I was able to grasp many things which I could not when I first read it during the '80s or even a decade back.
The book is extremely inspirational. Besides, it has a story to tell 鈥� an interesting one 鈥� that keeps you glued right to the very end. Mr Bach used to be a fighter pilot and a writer for magazines like Avian which is why talking about the flight of seagulls comes naturally to him.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull was more interested in flying than eating fish or bread crumbs for survival. He wants to fly as high as possible and at speeds deemed impossible. He kept challenging himself to break each previous record.
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A seagull in sunny spotlight.
The Elder of the Flock does not like Richard breaking rules and regulations. He wants him to stick to normal flying. 鈥淛onathan nodded obediently. For the next few days he tried to behave like the other gulls; he really tried, screeching and fighting with the flock around the piers and fishing boats, diving on scraps of fish and bread. But he couldn鈥檛 make it work. It鈥檚 all so pointless, he thought, deliberately dropping a hard-won anchovy to a hungry old gull chasing him. I could be spending all this time learning to fly. There鈥檚 so much to learn!鈥�
He flies during the night. He is considered an Outcast and kicked out of the Flock.
鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 long before Jonathan Gull was off by himself again, far out at sea, hungry, happy, learning. The subject was speed, and in a week鈥檚 practice he learned more about speed than the fastest gull alive.鈥�
Although Mr Bach is writing all about seagulls and flight, he uses simple English which even a layman reader would be able to understand. Having said that, it is creative writing at its best. Alliteration too is used in several places.
鈥淗e learned more each day. He learned that a streamlined high-speed dive could bring him to find the rare and tasty fish that schooled ten feet below the surface of the ocean: he no longer needed fishing boats and stale bread for survival. He learned to sleep in the air, setting a course at night across the offshore wind, covering a hundred miles from sunset to sunrise. With the same inner control, he flew through heavy sea fogs and climbed above them into dazzling clear skies ... in the very times when every other gull stood on the ground, knowing nothing but mist and rain. He learned to ride the high winds far inland, to dine there on delicate insects.鈥�
image:
A seagull flies over cliffs.
The book teaches us to be kind and loving and tolerant through Jonathan who during a later stage of his life becomes an instructor for seagulls who want to become achievers by being at their innovative best where flying is concerned.
The tome is philosophical in some places like in the following paragraphs:
鈥淚 don鈥檛 understand how you manage to love a mob of birds that has just tried to kill you.鈥� 鈥淥h, Fletch, you don鈥檛 love that! You don鈥檛 love hatred and evil, of course. You have to practise and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That鈥檚 what I mean by love. It鈥檚 fun, when you get the knack of it.鈥�
鈥淲e choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome.鈥�
The next world can also be understood as the next stage in our life when we proceed to college from school or to university from college or even to a career when we are through with our education.
The book deals with a bit of fantasy too. But if I describe it, it would be akin to spoiling the fun for you.
The inspirational fable contains eight black and white photographs of seagulls in flight which have been magnificently captured by Russell Munson.
I highly recommend the book to everybody who likes reading good and meaningful literature and also to those who love our fine-feathered friends.
Director Hall Bartlett adapted the novella into a film in 1973. Whereas the book was a bestseller, the film was poorly received by critics and was a box-office failure. However, it was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Cinematography and Best Editing. Neil Diamond wrote and recorded an album for the film's soundtrack which was a critical and commercial success, earning Diamond a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Another plus point for the film is that it is recognised by American Film Institute in the following list:
2006: AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers 鈥� Nominated
image:
Film poster of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
image:
The camera catches Neil Diamond along with the high-flying Jonathan Livingston Seagull for the album's cover.
I WAS gifted Richard Bach鈥檚 Jonathan Livingston Seagull by my elder brother when he visited Karachi from Frankfurt for his vacation in 1973. However, I did not read the book until 1987. To be honest with you, I did not think much of it at the time and gave it away to a friend.
Learning more about birds with the passage of time, I wanted to read the book again. I regretted giving it away. Luckily another friend of mine had a copy. He lent it to me for just one night in 2005, saying that it actually belonged to his son who hadn鈥檛 read it yet. I finished the book in a few hours. I liked it much better this time and even wrote a review for my friend to read.
Yesterday I re-read the book on pdf so that I could review it for goodreads. And I must admit that this time I actually found the book to be amazing. Maybe with age I have become more mature as I was able to grasp many things which I could not when I first read it during the '80s or even a decade back.
The book is extremely inspirational. Besides, it has a story to tell 鈥� an interesting one 鈥� that keeps you glued right to the very end. Mr Bach used to be a fighter pilot and a writer for magazines like Avian which is why talking about the flight of seagulls comes naturally to him.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull was more interested in flying than eating fish or bread crumbs for survival. He wants to fly as high as possible and at speeds deemed impossible. He kept challenging himself to break each previous record.
image:
A seagull in sunny spotlight.
The Elder of the Flock does not like Richard breaking rules and regulations. He wants him to stick to normal flying. 鈥淛onathan nodded obediently. For the next few days he tried to behave like the other gulls; he really tried, screeching and fighting with the flock around the piers and fishing boats, diving on scraps of fish and bread. But he couldn鈥檛 make it work. It鈥檚 all so pointless, he thought, deliberately dropping a hard-won anchovy to a hungry old gull chasing him. I could be spending all this time learning to fly. There鈥檚 so much to learn!鈥�
He flies during the night. He is considered an Outcast and kicked out of the Flock.
鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 long before Jonathan Gull was off by himself again, far out at sea, hungry, happy, learning. The subject was speed, and in a week鈥檚 practice he learned more about speed than the fastest gull alive.鈥�
Although Mr Bach is writing all about seagulls and flight, he uses simple English which even a layman reader would be able to understand. Having said that, it is creative writing at its best. Alliteration too is used in several places.
鈥淗e learned more each day. He learned that a streamlined high-speed dive could bring him to find the rare and tasty fish that schooled ten feet below the surface of the ocean: he no longer needed fishing boats and stale bread for survival. He learned to sleep in the air, setting a course at night across the offshore wind, covering a hundred miles from sunset to sunrise. With the same inner control, he flew through heavy sea fogs and climbed above them into dazzling clear skies ... in the very times when every other gull stood on the ground, knowing nothing but mist and rain. He learned to ride the high winds far inland, to dine there on delicate insects.鈥�
image:
A seagull flies over cliffs.
The book teaches us to be kind and loving and tolerant through Jonathan who during a later stage of his life becomes an instructor for seagulls who want to become achievers by being at their innovative best where flying is concerned.
The tome is philosophical in some places like in the following paragraphs:
鈥淚 don鈥檛 understand how you manage to love a mob of birds that has just tried to kill you.鈥� 鈥淥h, Fletch, you don鈥檛 love that! You don鈥檛 love hatred and evil, of course. You have to practise and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That鈥檚 what I mean by love. It鈥檚 fun, when you get the knack of it.鈥�
鈥淲e choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome.鈥�
The next world can also be understood as the next stage in our life when we proceed to college from school or to university from college or even to a career when we are through with our education.
The book deals with a bit of fantasy too. But if I describe it, it would be akin to spoiling the fun for you.
The inspirational fable contains eight black and white photographs of seagulls in flight which have been magnificently captured by Russell Munson.
I highly recommend the book to everybody who likes reading good and meaningful literature and also to those who love our fine-feathered friends.
Director Hall Bartlett adapted the novella into a film in 1973. Whereas the book was a bestseller, the film was poorly received by critics and was a box-office failure. However, it was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Cinematography and Best Editing. Neil Diamond wrote and recorded an album for the film's soundtrack which was a critical and commercial success, earning Diamond a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Another plus point for the film is that it is recognised by American Film Institute in the following list:
2006: AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers 鈥� Nominated
image:
Film poster of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
image:
The camera catches Neil Diamond along with the high-flying Jonathan Livingston Seagull for the album's cover.
October 15, 2019
I don't even know what to say about this book. One of my favorite books ever. It's very short and extremely easy to read. Great for children, even better for adults. JLS is my hero, pretty much.
My copy of this book no longer resembles a book so much as a stack of papers.
My copy of this book no longer resembles a book so much as a stack of papers.
December 26, 2023
賴賲賵賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴賲蹖卮诏蹖 讴賴 賲蹖诏賴 乇賵蹖丕賴丕鬲賵 丿賳亘丕賱 讴賳...
June 3, 2007
This book is a response to the flawed and disappointing underbelly of humanity, revealed for author Bach in Vietnam, the Kennedy assassination, the battles for Civil Rights and Feminism, and the Sexual Revolution. Unfortunately, it is not a work which embraces or explores those changes, but seeks an escape from the difficult questions of the world.
Perhaps it should be unsurprising that the author would want to escape the everyday anxieties which mark the changing world. There is a sort of blind optimism in Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the sort you get when you take ancient and complex philosophy and distill it down into meaningless fluff. It is from this feel-good denial that the whole New Age movement springs, giving hope without guidance, and adding self-help to our self loathing.
The surface of the water seems calm and glassy from afar. The ripples almost insensible. It is tempting to hope that the whirling eddies of hate, the tumult of inequality, and the maelstroms of fear do not persist beneath it. We shall someday find, when we must navigate Scylla and Charybdis, whether we have melted down our statues and our cannons both to build a monument to the lost.
Perhaps it should be unsurprising that the author would want to escape the everyday anxieties which mark the changing world. There is a sort of blind optimism in Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the sort you get when you take ancient and complex philosophy and distill it down into meaningless fluff. It is from this feel-good denial that the whole New Age movement springs, giving hope without guidance, and adding self-help to our self loathing.
The surface of the water seems calm and glassy from afar. The ripples almost insensible. It is tempting to hope that the whirling eddies of hate, the tumult of inequality, and the maelstroms of fear do not persist beneath it. We shall someday find, when we must navigate Scylla and Charybdis, whether we have melted down our statues and our cannons both to build a monument to the lost.
November 8, 2020
I am so glad, I got to know how other people feel about Jonathan Livingstone Seagull.
All these years I was under the impression that some great philosophy and inner meaning had flown past my head, and that I was one of the very few who had missed it all.
Seems I was right, there is no great philosophy. Phew ! I am not a dumb idiot after all.
All these years I was under the impression that some great philosophy and inner meaning had flown past my head, and that I was one of the very few who had missed it all.
Seems I was right, there is no great philosophy. Phew ! I am not a dumb idiot after all.
February 12, 2016
亘毓丿 丕夭 趩賳丿蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 爻賳诏蹖賳貙 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賵丕賯毓丕 賲孬賱 蹖讴 賱蹖賵丕賳 賳賵蹖卮蹖丿賳蹖 禺賳讴 亘賴 丌丿賲 賲蹖 趩爻亘賴...
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖讴 賲乇睾 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 丿丕乇賴 倬乇賵丕夭 倬乇賳丿賴 賴丕 亘丕蹖丿 噩夭 亘乇丕蹖 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賳 睾匕丕 丕賴丿丕賮 賵丕賱丕 鬲乇蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴 賵 賴乇 倬乇賳丿賴 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 倬乇賵丕夭 賵 卮賳丕禺鬲 賲丕賴蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 禺賵丿卮 亘賴 讴賲丕賱 亘乇爻賴... 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 賲毓鬲賯丿賴 讴賴 倬乇賵丕夭 亘乇丕蹖 賱賲爻 丌爻賲賵賳賴 賵 賲蹖 鬲賵賳賴 亘賴 讴賲丕賱 亘乇爻賵賳賴...
亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 丕夭 爻丕蹖乇 倬乇賳丿賴 賴丕 乇丕賳丿賴 賲蹖 卮賴 賵 亘賴 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 爻賮乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖 卮賳丕禺鬲 乇賵丨 禺賵丿卮 賵 鬲丨賯賯 丕賴丿丕賮卮 丌睾丕夭 賲蹖 讴賳賴...
讴鬲丕亘 亘爻蹖丕乇 乇賵丕賳貙 讴賲 丨噩賲貙 诏蹖乇丕貙 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳蹖貙 丌賲賵夭賳丿賴 賵 毓賲蹖賯 賴爻鬲...
賵賯鬲蹖 丕夭 丌丿賲 賳賲蹖 诏蹖乇賴貙 鬲賵氐蹖賴 賲蹖 讴賳賲 亘禺賵賳蹖丿...
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖讴 賲乇睾 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 丿丕乇賴 倬乇賵丕夭 倬乇賳丿賴 賴丕 亘丕蹖丿 噩夭 亘乇丕蹖 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賳 睾匕丕 丕賴丿丕賮 賵丕賱丕 鬲乇蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴 賵 賴乇 倬乇賳丿賴 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 倬乇賵丕夭 賵 卮賳丕禺鬲 賲丕賴蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 禺賵丿卮 亘賴 讴賲丕賱 亘乇爻賴... 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 賲毓鬲賯丿賴 讴賴 倬乇賵丕夭 亘乇丕蹖 賱賲爻 丌爻賲賵賳賴 賵 賲蹖 鬲賵賳賴 亘賴 讴賲丕賱 亘乇爻賵賳賴...
亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 丕夭 爻丕蹖乇 倬乇賳丿賴 賴丕 乇丕賳丿賴 賲蹖 卮賴 賵 亘賴 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 爻賮乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖 卮賳丕禺鬲 乇賵丨 禺賵丿卮 賵 鬲丨賯賯 丕賴丿丕賮卮 丌睾丕夭 賲蹖 讴賳賴...
讴鬲丕亘 亘爻蹖丕乇 乇賵丕賳貙 讴賲 丨噩賲貙 诏蹖乇丕貙 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳蹖貙 丌賲賵夭賳丿賴 賵 毓賲蹖賯 賴爻鬲...
賵賯鬲蹖 丕夭 丌丿賲 賳賲蹖 诏蹖乇賴貙 鬲賵氐蹖賴 賲蹖 讴賳賲 亘禺賵賳蹖丿...
July 24, 2019
趩賳丿 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 亘賵丿 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 乇賵 禺賵賳丿賲 賲丕噩乇丕蹖 賲乇睾 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘丕 亘賯蹖賴 賮乇賯 丿丕乇賴 貙 倬乇賳丿賴 丕蹖 讴賴 亘乇 禺賱丕賮 亘賯蹖賴 賲乇睾丕 丕夭 倬乇賵丕夭 賱匕鬲 賲蹖亘乇賴 賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕丿 亘賴鬲乇 倬乇賵丕夭 讴乇丿賳 乇賵 蹖丕丿 亘诏蹖乇賴
讴鬲丕亘 噩丕賱亘蹖 亘賵丿 賳賴 禺賵卮賲 丕賵賲丿賴 亘賵丿 賵 賳賴 丕夭卮 亘丿賲 丕賵賲丿賴 亘賵丿 丿蹖乇賵夭 讴賴 鬲賵 丕賳賯賱丕亘 倬乇爻賴 賲蹖夭丿賲 賲鬲賵噩賴 趩丕倬 賳爻禺賴 噩丿蹖丿 讴鬲丕亘 卮丿賲貙 賳爻禺賴 丕蹖 讴賴 蹖讴 賮氐賱 亘賴卮 丕囟丕賮賴 卮丿賴
鬲賵 賲賯丿賲賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇蹖趩丕乇丿 亘丕禺 诏賮鬲賴 賮氐賱 趩賴丕乇賲 賴賲賵賳 賲賵賯毓 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵賱蹖 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘丕乇賴丕 賵 亘丕乇賴丕 丕賵賳 賮氐賱 乇賵 賲胤丕賱毓賴 賲蹖讴賳賴 鬲氐賲蹖賲 亘賴 丨匕賮 讴乇丿賳 丕賵賳 賲蹖诏蹖乇賴 賵 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 爻賴 賮氐賱蹖 毓乇囟賴 賲蹖讴賳賴 貙 賮氐賱 趩賴丕乇賲 讴賳丕乇 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 賲蹖卮賴 賵 亘丕 诏匕卮鬲 夭賲丕賳 亘賴 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 爻倬乇丿賴 賲蹖卮賴
讴鬲丕亘 噩丕賱亘蹖 亘賵丿 賳賴 禺賵卮賲 丕賵賲丿賴 亘賵丿 賵 賳賴 丕夭卮 亘丿賲 丕賵賲丿賴 亘賵丿 丿蹖乇賵夭 讴賴 鬲賵 丕賳賯賱丕亘 倬乇爻賴 賲蹖夭丿賲 賲鬲賵噩賴 趩丕倬 賳爻禺賴 噩丿蹖丿 讴鬲丕亘 卮丿賲貙 賳爻禺賴 丕蹖 讴賴 蹖讴 賮氐賱 亘賴卮 丕囟丕賮賴 卮丿賴
鬲賵 賲賯丿賲賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇蹖趩丕乇丿 亘丕禺 诏賮鬲賴 賮氐賱 趩賴丕乇賲 賴賲賵賳 賲賵賯毓 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵賱蹖 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘丕乇賴丕 賵 亘丕乇賴丕 丕賵賳 賮氐賱 乇賵 賲胤丕賱毓賴 賲蹖讴賳賴 鬲氐賲蹖賲 亘賴 丨匕賮 讴乇丿賳 丕賵賳 賲蹖诏蹖乇賴 賵 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 爻賴 賮氐賱蹖 毓乇囟賴 賲蹖讴賳賴 貙 賮氐賱 趩賴丕乇賲 讴賳丕乇 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 賲蹖卮賴 賵 亘丕 诏匕卮鬲 夭賲丕賳 亘賴 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 爻倬乇丿賴 賲蹖卮賴
亘毓丿 丕夭 诏匕卮鬲 丨丿賵丿 賳蹖賲 賯乇賳 爻丕亘乇蹖賳丕貙夭賳賲貙賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕乇賵 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿 讴賴賳賴 貙 亘蹖 乇賳诏 賵 賱賴 卮丿賴 夭蹖乇 亘乇诏賴 賴丕蹖 亘丕胤賱賴."
丕蹖賳丕 乇賵 蹖丕丿鬲賴責-
诏賮鬲賲 :趩蹖 乇賵 責 賳賴
趩賳丿 倬丕乇丕诏乇丕賮 丌賳 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿賲.
丌賴丕賳 蹖丕丿賲 丕賵賲丿 丕蹖賳丕...
诏賮鬲 亘禺賵賳卮
賱亘禺賳丿蹖 亘賴 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖 賯丿蹖賲蹖 夭丿 讴賴 倬蹖丿丕卮丕賳 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿貙賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕 爻亘乇蹖賳丕 乇丕 鬲丨鬲 鬲丕孬蹖乇 賯乇丕乇 丿丕丿賴 亘賵丿
丨乇賵賮 賲丕卮蹖賳 鬲丨乇蹖乇 乇賳诏 亘丕禺鬲賴 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 . 夭亘丕賳 丕卮 亘賴 夭亘丕賳 賲賳 賲蹖 賲丕賳爻鬲貙丕賱亘鬲賴 夭亘丕賳 诏匕卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖 賲賳貙丌賳 趩賴 丿乇 诏匕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲. 賳賵卮鬲賴 蹖 賲賳 賳亘賵丿貙賳賵卮鬲賴 噩賵丕賳 賲鬲毓賱賯 亘賴 丌賳 丿賵乇丕賳 亘賵丿
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爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 亘禺卮 趩賴丕乇賲 賴賲丕賳 噩丕蹖蹖 趩丕倬 卮丿 讴賴 賯乇丕乇 亘賵丿貙卮丕蹖丿 丨乇賮蹖 賴賲 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙丕蹖賳 亘禺卮 夭賲丕賳蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 讴賴 賴蹖趩 讴爻 丕夭 丌蹖賳賴 禺亘乇 賳丿丕卮鬲 賵 丨丕賱丕 賲丕 禺亘乇丿丕乇蹖賲"
June 23, 2016
丕賵賱 趩賳丿鬲丕 噩賲賱賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻賲.
亘乇丕蹖 丕睾賱亘 賲乇睾丕賳 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 倬乇賵丕夭 丕賴賲蹖鬲 賳丿丕乇丿貙 禺賵乇丿賳 賲賴賲 丕爻鬲.丕賲丕 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 蹖讴蹖 禺賵乇丿賳 丕賴賲蹖鬲蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲貙 倬乇賵丕夭 賲賴賲 亘賵丿噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 亘蹖卮 丕夭 賴乇讴丕乇 丿蹖诏乇蹖 貙 毓丕卮賯 倬乇賵丕夭 亘賵丿.丕賵賮賴賲蹖丿賴 亘賵丿 丕蹖賳 胤乇夭 賮讴乇 亘丕毓孬 賲丨亘賵亘蹖鬲 賳夭丿 賲乇睾丕賳 丿蹖诏乇 賳蹖爻鬲.
丕讴賳賵賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲賮賴賵賲蹖 亘賴 噩夭 鬲賯賱丕蹖 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲 丿乇倬卮鬲 賵噩賱賵蹖 賯丕蹖賯 賴丕 禺賵丕賴丿 丿丕卮鬲. 賲丕 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 噩賴賱 亘蹖乇賵賳 亘讴卮蹖賲貙 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 禺賵丿乇丕賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲蹖 丿丕乇丕蹖 賮囟蹖賱鬲貙 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖 賵 賲賴丕乇鬲 亘丿丕賳蹖賲. 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 丌夭丕丿 亘丕卮蹖賲! 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 倬乇賵丕夭 蹖丕丿亘诏蹖乇蹖賲.
"禺亘 丕夭 丕蹖賳噩丕 亘賴 亘毓丿 趩賴 賲蹖卮賵丿責 賲丕讴噩丕賲蹖乇賵蹖賲責 丌蹖丕丕氐賱丕 亘賴卮鬲蹖 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿責"
"賳賴 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳. 趩賳蹖賳 噩丕蹖蹖 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿. 亘賴卮鬲 蹖讴 賲讴丕賳 賳蹖爻鬲貙 夭賲丕賳 賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲. 亘賴卮鬲 讴丕賲賱 亘賵丿賳 丕爻鬲"
丕賵 丕夭 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 爻丕丿賴 丨乇賮 賲蹖 夭丿.丕蹖賳讴賴 賴乇賲乇睾 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 丨賯 丿丕乇丿 倬乇賵丕夭 讴賳丿.丕蹖賳讴賴 丌夭丕丿蹖 丿乇 賮胤乇鬲 賵 賲賵噩賵丿蹖鬲 丕賵爻鬲貙 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴乇噩蹖夭蹖 賲丕賳毓 丕蹖賳 丌夭丕丿蹖 亘丕卮丿貙 亘丕蹖丿讴賳丕乇诏匕丕卮鬲賴 卮賵丿貙 禺賵丕賴 丌蹖蹖賳 亘丕卮丿貙 蹖丕禺乇丕賮賴貙 蹖丕賲丨丿賵丿蹖鬲 亘賴 賴乇卮讴賱.
讴丕卮 賲蹖鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 讴賲鬲乇 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 讴倬蹖 讴賳賲 賵賱蹖 賵丕賯毓丕 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲.
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 氐賮丨丕鬲卮 亘爻蹖丕乇 讴賲賴貙 丨鬲丕 丕夭 100 鬲丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賳賵卮鬲賴貙 趩賵賳 丿乇 賯胤毓 噩蹖亘蹖 賴爻鬲卮貙 丕賱亘鬲賴 賲賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 夭賴乇賴 夭丕賴丿蹖 乇丕 禺賵賳丿賲貙 賵賱蹖 丿乇 賴乇氐賵乇鬲 亘乇丕蹖 鬲賵 丕鬲賵亘賵爻 賲鬲乇賵 賵 賲爻蹖乇賴丕蹖 讴賲 毓丕賱蹖賴.
禺蹖賱蹖 亘丕卮 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘乇賯乇丕乇 讴乇丿賲貙 趩賵賳 鬲乇爻 賴丕蹖 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賲丕賳毓 丕夭禺賵丿賲 亘賵丿賳 賲蹖卮賴. 賲胤賲蹖賳丕 賴乇讴爻蹖 亘賴 蹖賴 賳丨賵蹖 亘丕卮 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘乇賯乇丕乇 賲蹖讴賳賴 趩賴 丿乇 爻胤丨 賮乇丿蹖 趩賴 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖
蹖賴 噩賵乇丕蹖蹖 賴賲 蹖丕丿 "賲丕賴蹖 爻蹖丕賴 讴賵趩賵賱賵 丕賮鬲丕丿賲".
鬲賲丕賲 禺胤 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲丨丿賵丿蹖鬲 賴丕 賵 爻賳鬲 賴丕 賵 禺乇丕賮賴 乇丕 亘賴 趩丕賱卮 讴卮蹖丿賴 賵丕胤賲蹖賳丕賳 亘賴 禺賵丿 賵 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 丿乇 丕賳噩丕賲 讴丕乇賴丕 乇丕 賴賲 蹖丕丿 丌賵乇蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲.
亘乇丕蹖 丕睾賱亘 賲乇睾丕賳 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 倬乇賵丕夭 丕賴賲蹖鬲 賳丿丕乇丿貙 禺賵乇丿賳 賲賴賲 丕爻鬲.丕賲丕 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 蹖讴蹖 禺賵乇丿賳 丕賴賲蹖鬲蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲貙 倬乇賵丕夭 賲賴賲 亘賵丿噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 亘蹖卮 丕夭 賴乇讴丕乇 丿蹖诏乇蹖 貙 毓丕卮賯 倬乇賵丕夭 亘賵丿.丕賵賮賴賲蹖丿賴 亘賵丿 丕蹖賳 胤乇夭 賮讴乇 亘丕毓孬 賲丨亘賵亘蹖鬲 賳夭丿 賲乇睾丕賳 丿蹖诏乇 賳蹖爻鬲.
丕讴賳賵賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲賮賴賵賲蹖 亘賴 噩夭 鬲賯賱丕蹖 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲 丿乇倬卮鬲 賵噩賱賵蹖 賯丕蹖賯 賴丕 禺賵丕賴丿 丿丕卮鬲. 賲丕 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 噩賴賱 亘蹖乇賵賳 亘讴卮蹖賲貙 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 禺賵丿乇丕賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲蹖 丿丕乇丕蹖 賮囟蹖賱鬲貙 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖 賵 賲賴丕乇鬲 亘丿丕賳蹖賲. 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 丌夭丕丿 亘丕卮蹖賲! 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 倬乇賵丕夭 蹖丕丿亘诏蹖乇蹖賲.
"禺亘 丕夭 丕蹖賳噩丕 亘賴 亘毓丿 趩賴 賲蹖卮賵丿責 賲丕讴噩丕賲蹖乇賵蹖賲責 丌蹖丕丕氐賱丕 亘賴卮鬲蹖 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿責"
"賳賴 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳. 趩賳蹖賳 噩丕蹖蹖 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿. 亘賴卮鬲 蹖讴 賲讴丕賳 賳蹖爻鬲貙 夭賲丕賳 賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲. 亘賴卮鬲 讴丕賲賱 亘賵丿賳 丕爻鬲"
丕賵 丕夭 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 爻丕丿賴 丨乇賮 賲蹖 夭丿.丕蹖賳讴賴 賴乇賲乇睾 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 丨賯 丿丕乇丿 倬乇賵丕夭 讴賳丿.丕蹖賳讴賴 丌夭丕丿蹖 丿乇 賮胤乇鬲 賵 賲賵噩賵丿蹖鬲 丕賵爻鬲貙 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴乇噩蹖夭蹖 賲丕賳毓 丕蹖賳 丌夭丕丿蹖 亘丕卮丿貙 亘丕蹖丿讴賳丕乇诏匕丕卮鬲賴 卮賵丿貙 禺賵丕賴 丌蹖蹖賳 亘丕卮丿貙 蹖丕禺乇丕賮賴貙 蹖丕賲丨丿賵丿蹖鬲 亘賴 賴乇卮讴賱.
讴丕卮 賲蹖鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 讴賲鬲乇 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 讴倬蹖 讴賳賲 賵賱蹖 賵丕賯毓丕 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲.
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 氐賮丨丕鬲卮 亘爻蹖丕乇 讴賲賴貙 丨鬲丕 丕夭 100 鬲丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賳賵卮鬲賴貙 趩賵賳 丿乇 賯胤毓 噩蹖亘蹖 賴爻鬲卮貙 丕賱亘鬲賴 賲賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 夭賴乇賴 夭丕賴丿蹖 乇丕 禺賵賳丿賲貙 賵賱蹖 丿乇 賴乇氐賵乇鬲 亘乇丕蹖 鬲賵 丕鬲賵亘賵爻 賲鬲乇賵 賵 賲爻蹖乇賴丕蹖 讴賲 毓丕賱蹖賴.
禺蹖賱蹖 亘丕卮 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘乇賯乇丕乇 讴乇丿賲貙 趩賵賳 鬲乇爻 賴丕蹖 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賲丕賳毓 丕夭禺賵丿賲 亘賵丿賳 賲蹖卮賴. 賲胤賲蹖賳丕 賴乇讴爻蹖 亘賴 蹖賴 賳丨賵蹖 亘丕卮 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘乇賯乇丕乇 賲蹖讴賳賴 趩賴 丿乇 爻胤丨 賮乇丿蹖 趩賴 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖
蹖賴 噩賵乇丕蹖蹖 賴賲 蹖丕丿 "賲丕賴蹖 爻蹖丕賴 讴賵趩賵賱賵 丕賮鬲丕丿賲".
鬲賲丕賲 禺胤 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲丨丿賵丿蹖鬲 賴丕 賵 爻賳鬲 賴丕 賵 禺乇丕賮賴 乇丕 亘賴 趩丕賱卮 讴卮蹖丿賴 賵丕胤賲蹖賳丕賳 亘賴 禺賵丿 賵 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 丿乇 丕賳噩丕賲 讴丕乇賴丕 乇丕 賴賲 蹖丕丿 丌賵乇蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲.
December 1, 2016
賱丕 鬲鬲亘毓 丕賱賯胤賷毓貙 賵 廿賳 兀賮鬲丕賰 丕賱賳丕爻 賵 兀賮鬲賵賰
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