What I Learned from Forrest Gump
This entry was posted on 2/12/2007 10:39 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
"I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." ~Forrest Gump
When I first saw this scene - where Forrest proposed to Jenny - well, my heart went out to her. I mean, really, Forrest was nice and all, but who could look past that slow speech and developmental disability? How could she love him back?
Then one day, it dawned on me. And I realized how foolish I'd been not to realize it before.
Forrest Gump was a GREAT catch. In fact, he was a one in a million. He wasn't what we think of as the typical romantic love interest: i.e., worldy, savvy, quick-witted and charming.
Instead, he was a what-you-see-is-what-you-get, simple man. But he was heroic in his simplicity because he carried a rare depth of faithfulness and a rare capacity to love. Forrest was an excellent friend, son, faithful to the woman he loved and a hard-worker who took care of everyone around him when they needed it. He knew what love was.
And now I know that if Jenny had been smart - "smart is as smart does" smart - and if she hadn't had the cards stacked against her from childhood, she would have run into Forrest's arms and kissed him and told him he was the only one for her. Because he was. He loved her better than anyone else could.
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