Prior to the Christmas holiday, I looked through my alphabetized bookcase to decide which books I was going to read during my time off. Quickly the novella Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach jumped out at me. I do not know when or how I acquired this well-kept 1973 version of the book, but as soon as I picked it up, I was brought back to my high school days!
The book is a short story interspersed with pictures of seagulls in flight. It sends the message that we can all be more than we think we can, as long as we believe in ourselves.
Since reading the book, I have learned that in 2013 Bach added a fourth part to it after he had a near-death experience in 2012. I have not read it yet, but I plan to in the new year!