Run Forrest Run

One of my favorite movies of all times is “Forrest Gump”   Ok, I know…I know it’s hokey, and clichéd but it’s still one of my favorites!

One of the things that Forrest does, that I find myself wanting to do more and more often of late, is to just take off and run, and run, and keep running.  If I COULD run, (everyone who knows me personally knows what a ludicrous idea that is) I would do it just like Forrest did, going from coast to coast and just looking at the sights and thinking.   He was thinking mostly about Jenny, which he certainly did a LOT in the movie.  As for me personally, I am to the point where I just want to break out and RUN AWAY now, as fast as I can from things!  It just seems like everything seems to pile up at one time, and as it keeps piling I feel like if I don’t get out of the way I am going to get crushed.

But, I think we all get that way at times.  When “life” things overcome us, and we start to mull over our problems endlessly, thinking that there is NO solution out there for the things that are weighing us down.  I guess I forget, as we all do, that everyone has their limit, their point up to where they can take things, and once it gets past that point you just want to RUN!

Forrest just felt like going for a little run, and he did it for two years.  At this point, it might take me more time than that to figure out where I went wrong in life and how to straighten things out.  (If that’s possible) At my age, there’s not a whole lot of “straightening out” time left in which to unspoil the pot.

Some people will say that prayer works.  I have been praying every night and so far God has either not chose to answer me, or the answer ain’t coming yet.  Could be I have got to get through this “phase” in my life by myself.   It’s a tough one though.  I guess that growing up is never easy though.

Yes, that’s right, I said growing up.  No matter what age you are, you still are not too old to “grow up” a little.  Admitting you have been wrong about some things is a good start.  A lot of people could benefit from that, and then apologizing for what they have done wrong.  Apologizing really seems to be a sticking point for some people, especially politicians!  I personally have had a problem with it sometimes.  But not now.  I am going around and telling people who I don’t even know how sorry I am!

First I guess I really just need to analyze what it is I want.  I think we all need to do that.  Maybe not even what we WANT but what we actually NEED.  Most of the time those are two WILDLY diverse things.  I want to have enough money to pay my bills, and give my wife some security, enough time to enjoy my children and grandchildren, and enough wisdom to understand that almost every other human being on earth wants the same things.  Perhaps if I look around at what’s going on most other places on this little globe, I will realize that I don’t have it too awful bad.

Well, then I am going back to the bedroom now and see if I can find my Tennis shoes.  I don’t know if I can run, but if it’s warm enough outside I think I might just take a little walk.  Run Forrest Run!