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16/02/2008 by Nikita

I’ve said before that I love the story about JLS….well, today I want to blog this book because I’ve found this self-explained video on You Tube… there are others about JLS too, (Part I, II and the End), which I blogged before, but this one has got some text to support the pictures/music which I like. I’ve read this book a couple of years ago in South Africa. I googled for the cover of my first book, but couldn’t find it. It is a hard cover, peach colour and the pictures of Jonathan Seagull are printed on some tracing paper, so if you turn the pages, the seagull is “flying” in the opposite direction than the previous page…beautiful! I came across the book again – in London- bought it to read….again! I feel this is really an inspiring book to read…! Richard Bach has written many books, he was a USAF Fighter Pilot and I can truely recommend his books if you’re a book-lover like me!  “This is a story for people who follow their dreams and make their own rules: a story that has inspired people for decades”….

This book inspired me even more to be the person I am, not to be a sheep and follow others…. on page 5 … 2nd paragraph… “Jonathan 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’t make it work. It’s pointless, he thought, deliberately dropping a hard won anchovy to a hungry old gull chasing him.”…. Well, that’s one message I want to send to anyone reading here… do what you want to do, don’t follow others, you have a dream and live your dream… don’t be a sheep, be an individual and reach for your dreams! Be like Jonathan, try your best and don’t be satisfied with the second best! — well, that’s me… you might have a different view…
On THIS LINK you can see all the books he’s written … in the “Novel” section, you can see all his books which I’ve read, the most recent book was “Illusions….”! and…on THIS link you can read more about him…

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  1. on 17/02/2008 at 22:02 tony

    Ive read this book, many years ago !!, does being an ” individual ” not apply when your married , ie , you dont do things your husband doesnt approve of , … you only do things ” he” the ” individual” says is appropriate.


  2. on 17/02/2008 at 22:54 Nikita

    Hi Tony..
    Being an individual still applies when you are married… you can’t change your partner, you are still the same person… but if you want to do “your own thing”..you do that within boundaries… but you can still be YOU…! a marriage can’t change the person who you are, your husband/wife marries you for who you are… they know who they marry… and they accept you for what you are… and you as an invidual can still grow within the marriage….that’s love!


  3. on 24/03/2009 at 00:48 Christopher Laney

    When people hear, “Be an individual and do what you want to do,” I think they often imagine people doing things that are totally out of character for those individuals rather than those people making subtle changes to pursue their dreams. Most of the time, it doesn’t take drastic changes to reach our dreams, but small steps in a slightly different direction.

    Nice post.


  4. on 24/03/2009 at 01:42 Nikita

    hi Christopher…thanks for your kind comments and welcome to my blog! What you say is true and I think that’s what I meant with “within boundaries” in my previous comments. My main message is basically, don’t be sheepish… be an individual and do your own thing. Don’t follow others with e.g. drugs or whatever. You don’t have to do things to impress others or just to be “in”. Be yourself and do what you want to do/need to do…within the law/boundaries of a sensible, normal person. If you have a dream, pursue your dream and make it come true.



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