"The bridge across forever"

One of the most profound authors that I've ever read has been Richard Bach. An ex Airman who took up writing books, amongst his books, it was Jonathan Livingstone Seagull which actually propelled his thrust into stardom.

JLS is based on a seagull's quest to reach beyond itself, and its discovery that there is always another level to surpass, which became a runaway best seller. In fact I was about 15 when I first read JLS which I found when I was running through my dad's stuff in the attic. He had bought this book when he was around the same age as I am today. I must have read it a minimum of 100 times since then and each time I've been touched and inspired in a different way always.

But my favourite amongst these favourites has been, "A Gift of Wings " wherein Bach is a barnstormer(in fact he did work as a barnstormer) and his disovery that there is something beyond the apparent which is, well not so apparent!

I've always loved the sense of freedom that flying offers and I would love to one day take up a micro light into the air, switch off the engines and glide down noiselessly back to Earth. The next best thing would ofcourse be "free fall" which again is some thing I would look forward to.

Today I look around and see my friends and collegues frittering away life in the mindless rat race of the corporate world. Earning huge salaries at the cost of not being able to sit down and think of what they would really want to be doing and doing it instead of kidding themselves that they'll do their thing once they have earned enough money, which apparently is never enough!

When I read Richard Bach, I realise the enormity of our existence, the huge potential lying untapped, the discoveries to be made and the limitless possibilities waiting to be uncovered. I suddenly realise how small and irrellevant our goals are in comparison to this realm of self discovery