After 30, The Things You Love Fall Away

last SG · 2009-11-09T13:36:50+00:00

the protagonist chose his high from diffusing bombs over safe mediocrity as a family man in the end. that's all there is to it - war is a drug, users or push...

Cowboy Caleb SG

"As you get older, the things you love fall away. Maybe there's just 2 left, for me, it's one."

The line above comes from the movie "The Hurt Locker" which I watched last night. The protaganist says it to his infant son while playing with him. I think he was actually talking to himself.

It struck me pretty hard as being true. Now that I've hit my thirties, I begin to find that things that I used to love, simply hold no more attraction for me. The older we get, the less things we seem to be able to love.

Anybody else feel that way?

Fatum SG

The line above comes from the movie "The Hurt Locker" which I watched last night. The protaganist says it to his infant son while playing with him. I think he was actually talking to himself.

Anybody else feel that way?

so what do you love ....... that you love less now ?

ShrodingersCat SG

Life gets less complicated when we get older

So what you lose in breadth, you gain in depth

In love, less to love, but for what we love, we love deeper.

SevenEleven SG

in early days, its boy/girl love, the selfish boundary type

in later days, its appreciative love, its without boundaries

Cowboy Caleb SG

So you all agree then?

av98m SG

the hair that I loved fell away from my head ...

the Bear SG

i figure what he meant was that as you grow older, sometimes you grow wiser..

and you realise that the things you "loved" are pointless and trivial.. you learn that some things which you took for granted, are the things which make life worthwhile...

family, friends, loved ones... you realise are important in life..

things which we chased, stuff like prestige, status, things, money, whatever seem trivial and pointless...

and we learn this important lesson: Love people, use things, never the other way around..

and slowly, things fall away until there is only the most important people in your life and maybe yourself...

like he said: two.. and maybe one...

Cowboy Caleb SG

the bear > do you mean the protagonist in the movie? He obviously loved defusing bombs more than his son.

I think what he meant was, as you grow older, you realize that you have slowly become a product of your environment.

I don’t want to be a Ribena berry.

SpeedStar SG

Finally I am qualify to comment on this topic haha...

I can relate how u feel cos I too feel eveything I used to do seems to be unappealing to me again...but I am not sure is it because of the age thing or is it simply because I am lazy... I suspect its the latter that cause the lost of interest

I guess I have to work out something to create the passion inside me to start burning again

the Bear SG

the bear > do you mean the protagonist in the movie? He obviously loved defusing bombs more than his son.

I think what he meant was, as you grow older, you realize that you have slowly become a product of your environment.

I don’t want to be a Ribena berry.

i didn't watch the movie..

thing is, as i grew older, i figured a lot of things people spend so much time and energy on, isn't worth it in the end...

sacrificing time, and relationship with loved ones, for those things, for things like our work, they kinda leave me cold..

hey.. but that's me...

each got to find their own way... i think we should never stop looking

Cowboy Caleb SG

I think maybe we are thinking too deep?

In the past, I loved hard liquor.

These days, I gravitate more towards ‘kinder and softer’ drinks like Bacardi and white wine.

Kuali Baba SG

Your capacity to love hasn't decreased, but your tastes have changed. You don't just become a product of your environment if you actively shape it as well, so it works as a cycle. It applies to the people you meet as well.

'You peer inside yourself, you take the things you like and try to love the things you took, then take the love you made and stick it into some-...'

shrekho SG

I only have strong desires for many material things.

I admit I love money more than anything else right now!

Will people start to lose love for money? Or it only needs a spark to get the dying flame to rekindle, with those who claim they are not in need to start fighting for it again?

hmmmm

av98m SG

I think in general the only people who say they don't love money are people who already have lots of it. there are exceptions of course. personally, I love money.

cassie SG

my interests, hobbies etc have been as varied as can be - different things in different phases of my life but i wouldn't go so far to say that things i used to love are pointless now.

trendz SG

this is nice. (:

FrozenDuck SG

ppl change with their thinking ma, good example is like – when yr a kid, u will love superman or batman? but when yr in school, its all about fashion, style, etc. when yr in yr 20s maybe gf or career or studies? after 20 idk cos im still in early 20s

Cowboy Caleb SG

People who don’t love money, are those who realize that it doesn’t necessarily make you happy

av98m SG

But without money, you will definitely be unhappy. Bills need to be paid. Stomachs need to be filled.

the Bear SG

i figure money is something we use.. i don't hate it but i don't love it either...

things we use.. like public transport.. i hate it a lot, but i still use it sometimes... although bus freaks love it