Stupid is as stupid does

清明節做義工，首次接觸大批智障人士，感慨良多。

話說阿森這筆名源自英文Forest，森林也，而Forest則源自網友的誤認，以為Forrest即Forest；其實，Forrest不同於Forest，Forrest是《阿甘正傳》的Forrest Gump。

《阿甘正傳》是阿森最喜歡的電影，看過不下十數次，每次都有所觸動，對阿甘簡單直接富經歷的人生，很是欣賞。雖然，阿甘是虛構人物，但《阿甘正傳》小說的引言寫得好﹕

The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.

阿甘重情重義，為保承諾，排除萬難當上蝦艇船長。
阿甘輕視名利，從不計較財富，亦不在意其成就。
阿甘隨心所欲，穿州過省地跑，原因是﹕

Why are you running?
Are you doing this for world peace?
Are you doing this for women's right?
Or for the environment? Or for animals? Or for nuclear arms?
Why are you doing this?

I just felt like running.

就是這種「just do it」的精神，令阿森攝服；表面上，阿甘愚不可及，實際上，他體現人生真諦﹕

I may be a idiot, but most of the time, anyway, I tried to do the right thing - an dreams is jus dreams, ain't they?

世人笑甘太瘋癲，實乃世人看不穿；阿甘的Stupid is as stupid does，與道家的「大智若愚」，何嘗不是殊途同歸。

正如同行的義工朋友說，在智障人士臉上，見到真正的「四萬」笑容。