Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a story of a seagull who, unlike his comrades, is not happy yelling "Mine! Mine! Mine!" for food. He loves to soar, and fly. He faces rejection and ridicule for his quest for greater heights. And of course, he inspires all of us to reach for our goals.
The story here is that Jonathan and Fletcher were not "special" in any way. They were seagulls like any others. The difference is that they chose to strive to better themselves. They were not content to merely eat and sleep. They wanted to become really good at what they could do - fly. The elders explain that for many people, this process takes many lifetimes. If you do well in a given life, you graduate to a "higher" life where you can then work with people on your next stage of progress. If you just get by in your current life, then you get reborn into that same level, to have another chance to strive.
Many people sometimes are like most of the gulls in this book, they need to learn the lessons that "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" gives: the most important thing is to believe in oneself, and always do one's best without giving up.
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