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Learning to Fly

"For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight."
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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.

How much more there is now to living! Instead of our drab slogging forth and back to the fishing boats, there?s reason to life! We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! We can learn to fly!

Inspired by Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the editor of Blawg Review will be flying around the country on a JetBlue "all you can jet" pass, wherever these wings take me. Learning to fly; learning to be.

You can follow the journey by reading this blog post, which will be updated frequently in the days and weeks ahead. Last year, it was 22 flights in a month; this year, maybe more. Like a bird on the wire, I'll be tweeting @blawgreview and might even check in from time to time on foursquare to let followers know exactly where I'm at on this remarkable adventure.

Let's begin, where photographed above, at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, California. Where to next? You tell me.

Full post as published by Blawg Review on August 31, 2010 (boomark / email).