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Let Your Spirit Soar

Being free to explore our own potential and improve our financial situations with alternative methods is important to those who follow a different beat of the drum.

Have you read the book, “Johnathan Livingston Seagull”?  It’s an old book with a great story about being different than the other birds in the flock.  Johathan Livingston Seagull’s strong need to fly faster and soar higher in the sky than the other birds gets him into a lot of trouble.

The other birds in the flock laugh at Johnathan, saying that the only reason for flying is to collect food and then take it back to the flock. However, Jonathan wants more out of flying than that; he wants to fly faster and soar higher than any other bird. Jonathan thrives on the feeling of soaring and he is unwilling to give it up. Unfortunately, he pays a price for being different and wanting more from flight than the other birds.

Throughout this story, we actually feel Jonathan’s feelings about soaring. The author does a great job of capturing those feelings that many of us identify with when we soar in our own lives. We want something more out of life than going through each day working to make a living like everyone else does. Of course, we all know that we must have a job in order to function in society, meaning we live in a world that says we can only fly to gather food and bring it home. Somehow, some of use figure out how to soar any way.

Learning to soar usually involves a lot of crashing, but we keep getting up and trying again. We want to soar as much as Jonathan Livingston Seagull wants to soar. Once the spirt learns to soar and go where few others dare to go, it’s difficult to go back to doing what every one else does.

The author arouses our own desire to soar like Jonathan Livingston Seagull. As we read the story, we identify with how it feels to let our spirits soar and go where few others dare to go. The book is about daring to be different than the others in the flock and being willing to crash as often as it takes to succeed.

It is true that no feeling can match that of a soaring spirit and pursuing dreams. However, without developing character and integrety along the way to success, it will feel meaningless if our souls are empty of friendships and people who care about us. I learned these things from an organization called International Leadership Develpment Global (ILD Global). I want you learn to succeed in life and business as well, by developing internal values and character. In this way, you will develop lasting friendships that give meaning and purpose to your life.

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Copyright © 2008, Judith Sherman.
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