Will Hunting is a genius. When he was a boy, he was abused by his parents and had a psychological shadow. He did not go to college for higher education but has extraordinary talents in mathematics and chemistry. He worked as a cleaner at MIT, and often hung out in bars or in street fights. He was sent to a juvenile detention center after repeated crimes. And because he solved the math problem of the MIT math professor while working as a cleaner, he was favored by the professor and was willing to bail him. The professor hoped that he could use his mathematical talent to cooperate with him. The professor found a psychiatrist for his psychological counseling, but Will, who had a very high IQ and stubbornness, was unwilling to cooperate. The professor's friend Sean treats each other with sincerity, convinces people with reason, seizes the breakthrough to eliminate Will's mental illness, and finally helps Will find himself and embark on a path suitable for his own development.
Will has extraordinary talents in mathematics and chemistry. Why didn't he choose to use his talents to achieve his own career, but chose to be a cleaner, clubbing and fighting in his spare time? In fact, everyone wants to be recognized for their talents. Will takes a 40-minute train ride to MIT every day to work as a handyman, paying attention to the problems on the blackboard and writing down the answers. He used his talent at Harvard to humiliate Harvard students, all of which are showing his talent. But he resisted the path paved by the professor. Instead of choosing to use his talents to achieve a career, he went clubbing with a group of buddies. Perhaps this can be explained by Sean's theory. He is afraid of not getting, afraid of losing. Maybe it is safer to choose to be a "hidden master", not to be placed on high expectations, not to be asked for anything, and to be a blockbuster from time to time. He would rather waste his talent than give others the opportunity to abandon him. He is arrogant, conceited, sensitive and has low self-esteem. When facing the girl he likes, he does not actively pursue it. After using his talent to impress the girl's heart, he is unwilling to take the responsibility of love. He doesn't want to touch his wounds, but he always hides himself behind those scars and doesn't want to face life directly.
Talking to Martha a few months ago about where I'm going after graduation, I talked about being lost and slack about choices. She said something straight to the heart: not wanting to make a choice means not wanting to take responsibility for the choice. Not making a choice actually makes a choice through action. This is a fact, people will inadvertently avoid what they want to do, and do it regardless.
Genius is often accompanied by words like sensitive, fragile, and perverted. Some geniuses, such as rainman, are insane, making people sigh and feel sorry for their creations; some geniuses, like Fang Zhongyong, are short-lived, and then disappear like everyone else; there are also geniuses, like the Phantom of the Opera, who go crazy, although they are brilliant, they can only live in in dark hell. How can a genius prove his ability to the world? Geniuses need soul catchers. Imagine if the Phantom of the Opera also encountered a psychological counselor, what kind of miracle would it produce?
The laurels of genius are extremely rare, and there are many people in the world with mediocre aptitudes like me. When we watch a movie, we always hope that this genius's extraordinary talents will not be wasted, make his wise choices, and sweat for his self-destruction. In fact, everyone has something unusual. Not only such geniuses need redemption and guidance, but you and I also need to know ourselves, discover ourselves, and find our right path.
Aphorisms: The greatest gift a person can give to others is self-expression.
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