It's a gull's life!

It was morning, 

and the new sun sparkled gold 

across the ripples of a gentle sea

You have the freedom to be yourself, 
your true self, 
here and now, 
and nothing can stand in your way

We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, 
we can find ourselves as creatures 
of excellence 
and intelligence 
and skill

For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. 

For this gull, though, 
it was not eating that mattered, 

but flight

He was not bone and feather 
but a perfect idea of 
freedom and flight, 
limited by nothing at all

Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. 
All they show is limitation. 
Look with your understanding

Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear 
and anger are the reasons that a gull’s life is so short, 
and with these gone from his thoughts, 
he lived a long fine life indeed.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach 1970

 



© 2012 Francesca Muir