This post was written in my personal blog some time back during 9/20/07:

Currently all is quiet except the whimper of a prayer to God that with a language that most know not. The familiar darkness fills up the room somehow except my cat is not around with me. He is currently in the hospital right now and I am not sure how he is doing. Hope all is well.

Starting blanking at the clock as it ticks ticks ticks......

Of a life that is as complicated as everyone else's, struggling for balance, juggling time. We are always running, running out of time......

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Running has a particle impact in Forrest Gump*. In the movie/book, Forrest, of course, does not see this as making him special. However, it is his ability to just run on a path that drives his life.

In the midst of much chaos in his life that seems to have no reason and no real purpose, one day he just decides to run. He runs out of his county, out of his state, and starts to run endlessly across the country and just well keep running. Something about his running makes people curious about him. They begin to see him as a person with a mission somehow. They even follow him in the hopes that he will give them something -- some wisdom about his purpose.

Finally, there is a large crowd following him. Suddenly Forrest stops. The crowd is awe struck and they sense that Forrest is about to give them something.

They ask him. Are you running for world peace? Are you running for the environment or for nuclear arms or some other reason? His reply is simple but profound. "I just felt like running."

Sometimes we are not content to just run. Sometimes we look outside ourselves for someone who appears to have a purpose in their lives. What we fail to realize is that all of us are just running but perhaps into different direction.

Am I content to live just for the sake of living? Am I happy for just being who I am, not striving to be someone better? I doubt most of us will just run without a purpose like Forrest, just do something for the sake of doing that thing. Our mind seems to be more complex than that. We all were taught to be better, to work harder, and to reach deeper into our heart for some unknown. Is that a good thing?

But then again, are we content with this state of mind we are in and just be happy with it?

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*Forrest Gump is a 1994 drama film based on a 1986 novel by Winston Groom. In the Bible, it also happens that Apostle Paul likes to compare our lives to running a race, too.
You can read more about the movie here: www.allmovie.com