In the path of our happiness shall we find the learning for which we have chosen this lifetime.
Richard BachFor most gulls it was not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.
Richard BachRemember the high board at the swimming pool? After days of looking up at it you finally climbed the wet steps to the platform. From there, it was higher than ever. There were only two ways down: the steps to defeat of the dive to victory. You stood on the edge, shivering in the hot sun, deathly afraid. At last you leaned too far forward, it was too late for retreat, and you dived. The high board was conquered, and you spent the rest of the day diving. Climbing a thousand high boards, we demolish fear, and turn into human beings.
Richard Bach