长跑的意义

by Fey

“Why are you doing this?“  “I just felt like running. “  Forrest Gump answered.­

 

电影《阿甘正传》有一段阿甘跑步横穿美国的情节。当Jenny不告而别，阿甘开始了他长达三年两个月十四天十六小时的长跑。如此漫长的跑，阿甘是如何坚持下来的？­

No particular reason. I just kept on going.­
When I got tired, I slept.­
When I got hunger, I ate.­
When I had to go…you know…I went.­

阿甘的心思特别的单纯，累了就睡，饿了便吃，该跑则跑。就这样，心无旁骛，坚持了三年多。世人就不解了，想问问阿甘跑步的目的是什么。­

Are you doing this for world peace?­
Are you doing this for the homeless?­
Are you running for women’s rights?­
The environmet?­

这倒让阿甘很疑惑了。­

“They just couldn’t  believe that somebody would do all that running for no particular reason.”­

阿甘不能理解世人做事必须要有目的。阿甘跑步仅仅是因为他喜欢跑步（I just felt like running.），而没有外在的目的。跑步只是他抒发自己，表达自己的一种方式。正如画家用图画，诗人用诗句，音乐家用音符来表达自己。可以说，他的行为是由他内心的声音（inner voice）来决定的，他是真正内心自由的人，完全没有被世俗的偏见与功利所污染。而在长跑的途中，阿甘明白了对他来说跑步的意义。­

My mama always said, “You’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on”. And I think that’s what my running was all about.­