RUN, FORREST! RUN!!

He ran from Bullies, Defenses, the Viet Cong.

Listen, you promise me something, OK? Just if you're ever in trouble, don't be brave. You just run, OK? Just run away
What a poignant film about the fictional urban legend that RAN.  He didn't even know why he was running at times, but when things happened, he ran.

I think it is remarkable how true to life Forrest Gump has become to me.  When I was a child I ran from the truth that might have saved me years of hurt and pain.  In school, I ran from conflict, though I was at conflict more inside for not standing for what I knew was right (my Bullies came in the form of those who couldn't handle someone who was a little different than they). 

Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots.

In college I fell in love and instead of building on those feelings for that person, I immediately ran away.  And into a relationship with someone that was doomed for failure from the very beginning.

Up until recently I ran from my true feelings and continued to try and maintain where I was at, even though I knew that my insides where on a treadmill set at NUCLEAR Speed.

When Jenny left and Forrest took off on his cross country journey.  He Ran. And whether he realized it or not - I believe he was working through the pain and hurt of being left again by the person he loved.

When we find the famous park bench scene, He is there on Jenny's request, and he brings his simple 'box of chocolates' wisdom with him.  Forrest doesn't ever really stop being Forrest.  He is just going through the stages of his life without any shame of who he is.  He finds himself still Forrest Gump.  He is still a little out there, quirky, simple, but he is endearing and special and he doesn't try to be anything else.

What's normal anyways?

So this is where I am.  I am still Chad.  The same me I have always been inside.  I may not have had Forrest's naive courage to be who I am always without regret, but I stand today with less fear of being anything else.

I'm not running.  Just walking through the scenes of the rest of the movie of me.

so here it comes (couldn't do a blog on F.Gump without the quote)...

"Momma said, 'life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.'"


And that's all I have to say about that.