In the movie "Forrest Gump", there is a widely sought after line:
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the next piece will taste like."
This line also explains the unexpected life situation of the protagonist Forrest Gump.
The film tells the story of Forrest Gump, a fool with an IQ of only 75, from being ostracized and ridiculed by the world to becoming a millionaire all the way.
Although the film has been around for 27 years, it is still a classic film.
Carefully reviewing every detail in the movie, it is not difficult to find that forrest Gump's life trajectory hides these 8 truths that the sooner you know the better.
01
In the child's personality, there are three views of the mother
Born into a single-parent family in Alabama, Forrest Gump was mentally retarded, born with a curved back and requiring leg hoops to straighten his back.
Despite this, his optimistic mother often told him:
"You're just like everyone else, no different."
When someone laughed at Forrest Gump, his mother would stand up for him and firmly say to him:
"Don't care if other people say they're better than you, if God were to make everyone the same, He'd give everyone a pair of feet."
Under the teachings of his mother, Forrest Gump is honest and kind to others.
I have never felt that I am a physically or intellectually handicapped person, nor have I ever felt the slightest frustration because I am different from others.
He can always face the difficulties of life with an optimistic attitude.
Writer Zheng Yuanjie once said:
"The growth of a child becomes a mother and a mother of defeat."
Every child is born with a blank piece of paper, and the colors on the paper are deeply influenced by their mothers.
The mother is the closest person to the child's three views, a generous and gentle mother, it is difficult to raise a grumpy, dead wood and ashes child.
02
True friends will never abandon you
Sanmao once said: "The most beautiful relationship between friends is the icing on the cake; the most precious, expensive in the snow to send charcoal; the best among friends, like good tea, light but not astringent, fragrant but not fragrant, slowly wafting, like a long stream of water." ”
Forrest Gump and Jenny's friendship is like this.
The first time Forrest Gump sat on the school bus, he was so cold-eyed by his clumsy and unresponsive appearance that no one wanted to sit with him.
Just when he was at a loss, the little girl Jenny took the initiative to let him sit next to him and became his first friend.
On weekdays, she would also play with Forrest Gump, teach him to climb trees, read and read.
When Forrest Gump is bullied by bad classmates, Although Jenny can't protect him, she will remind him to run and cheer him on.
As an adult, when she learned that Forrest Gump was about to go to Vietnam to fight in the war, she still said to Forrest Gump with great concern:
"If you're in trouble, don't be a hero, you just have to run, run far."
People who really care about you will never dislike your inadequacies, let alone laugh at your embarrassment.
They will take the initiative to show up when you are having a hard time, rather than at a rocket-like pace when you need to, to get out of touch with you.
03
Human potential is forced out
Forrest Gump's difference became the reason for being teased.
And his open life began with being bullied by bad classmates.
They threw stones at Forrest Gump and smashed Him to the head and bleed, but Forrest Gump did not resist, but just stood silly in place.
With Jenny's encouragement, he no longer sat still, but dragged his legs, which were not fast, and ran forward.
The miracles of life will always appear inadvertently, and when he quickly escapes, the shackles will shatter to the ground.
His waist is no longer bent, and his legs can run like ordinary people, leaving behind his bad classmates who are riding bicycles to chase him.
In high school, the bad classmates did not stop playing with him, but chased him in a car.
Forrest Gump just ran as fast as usual, unknowingly running into a rugby field.
He ran much faster than a football player, so the coach put him on the team, and he went to college and into the army.
There is a saying in "Volleyball Boy":
"It's because they don't have wings that people look for ways to fly."
Things are done, and people are forced out.
Many things are not really impossible, but they are not until the moment of last resort.
Only when you are in the abyss and have no way to retreat, will you go forward at all costs.
If you don't push yourself hard, you will never know how strong your limits really are.
04
Do one thing well and you win
In the Green Book, there is a saying:
"Whatever you do, do it to the extreme. When you go to work, you work hard, laugh when you laugh, and enjoy eating like the last meal. ”
Only in this way can we do everything in life well.
When playing rugby, Forrest Gump does not know any pitching skills, but as soon as he gets the ball, he will run forward without distraction.
When disassembling rifles in the army, others were talking and working at the same time, but he only disassembled and disassembled them without a word, and even broke the record of the fastest in the army.
While recuperating in the hospital, he still kept in mind the principle of "never looking away from the ball", learned to play table tennis, joined the team of special forces, and went abroad to participate in competitions.
When you think about it, the reason why Forrest Gump can succeed in everything is because "he only focuses on what is in front of him."
There is a "barrel theory" that says that what determines the capacity of a bucket is its shortcoming.
As a result, countless people spend a lot of time trying to make up for their shortcomings, but ignore a fact:
What determines a person's height is precisely what he is best at.
You did several things at the same time to save time; in the end, everything was mediocre and had no highlights.
In this life, it is far better to do one thing to the extreme than to make ten thousand things mediocre.
05
Don't give up, just get through it
When Forrest Gump entered the war, his teammates fell into a rain of bullets, desperately waiting for death to come.
He risked his life to carry his teammates out of the battlefield one by one and give them a new lease of life.
After retiring, in order to complete the agreement with his friends and his life, Forrest Gump went to each other's hometown alone, bought a fishing boat, and began a shrimp hunting journey.
Xu is that he has no experience in shrimp fishing, or there are too many fishermen who catch shrimp, and he can only catch a handful of small shrimp at a time.
But he was not discouraged, but continued to catch shrimp.
While sailing at sea, they were suddenly attacked by a storm, and he and his friend Lieutenant Dan fought fearlessly in the fierce wind and rain.
The other fishermen were injured and killed in the storm, but they survived tenaciously to become the biggest shrimp catcher, and Forrest Gump became a millionaire.
Looking back, it was only because they still believed in the fierce storm:
"Boiling" in the past, the wind and waves will be calm, and the willows will be dark and bright.
The poet Rilke said: "Where there is any victory to speak of, it is everything to hold on." ”
When they are in the mire, some people succumb to difficulties, while others grit their teeth and persevere, and face difficulties.
It's hard to get through, but it's well worth it.
No matter how long the night is, the dawn will come because of you.
06
Thinking too much will only drag down your life
One day, Forrest Gump suddenly started running.
In the beginning, he just wanted to run to the end of the road.
But after reaching his destination, he continued to run forward.
After that, every time he reached a place, he continued to run unconsciously.
When he is tired of running, he sleeps, he runs hungry, he eats, and wherever he wants, he runs wherever he wants.
Forrest Gump, who ran all over the United States, stopped.
I don't know if you've ever had such an experience—"
Before doing things, I can't help but think about things.
Worried that the plan is not complete, and worried that this is not the best time, waiting and waiting, and finally can only miss things.
There is a line in the movie "Chinese Partner" that says:
"When you're young, you shouldn't think about anything, you can't think too much, thinking too much will ruin you." 」
Instead of expending energy to think about the future, it is enough to start acting first, and it is enough to think while doing it.
07
The people who appear in life can only accompany you on a journey
There is a saying in Spirited Away:
"Life is a train to the grave, there will be many stops on the road, it is difficult for anyone to accompany you from beginning to end.
When your companion is about to get off the bus, you should be grateful even if you don't give up, and then wave goodbye. ”
In a few words, the Tao broke the true meaning of life.
When Forrest Gump took the car to report to the army, only Buba was willing to sit with him.
After spending time together, he and Buba became best friends.
They agreed that as soon as the war was over, they would go to buy a boat to catch shrimp, but Buba was unfortunately killed in the war.
Not long after, his mother, who was dependent on him, also died.
It was hard to reunite with Jenny and enter the marriage hall, but Jenny was seriously ill and left Forrest Gump forever.
Watching the important people in his life leave one by one, Forrest Gump realized that no one can accompany him forever, and everyone has their own way to go.
Yu Xiuhua said:
"When a person goes on the road, there are fewer and fewer people in life who can accompany him, and relatives have passed away, so that people can't return to God in such a sadness."
Only to be covered in sadness and continue to rampage in the world, to complete our unfinished life. ”
Family members will leave you one day, loved ones may also empathize with each other, and even the best friends may part ways.
At a certain age, I suddenly realized that everyone in my life could only accompany me on a journey.
It turns out that loneliness is man's destiny.
08
In this life, people must eventually learn to accept themselves
Looking back on Forrest Gump's life, every stage of his life has been treated differently by the people around him and treated as a fool.
But he did not give up on himself because of his innate inadequacies, but chose to accept his imperfect self in one injury after another.
Mai Jia said in "Life Sea Sea": "There is no perfect life, imperfection is life." ”
Walking in the world, we will inevitably complain about the injustice of fate because of the shortcomings in life.
But complaining is useless, it will only sprinkle salt on the wound, which will only increase the pain.
Everything that appears in life, whether good or bad, must learn to shake hands with it.
Only by accepting can we dissolve the knots in our hearts, which is a subject we have to learn in this life.
09
Tian Wei said in "Half An Acre of Flower Fields":
"In life, we all receive different scripts.
Some are bland, some are intense, some are laughing, some are tears, no matter what, I always have to act well until the end. ”
Someone takes a good deck of cards but plays badly; someone like Forrest Gump takes the worst deck of cards, but still lives better than anyone.
Source: WeChat public account "Ten O'clock video"
Author: Wu Yu
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