Power? or Love?

Recently watched a Hong Kong movie called "Hooked on You" (每當變幻時), starring Miriam Yeung (楊千嬅) and Eason Chan (陳奕迅). In the movie, both Miriam and Eason play fishmongers at a different stall in the same market.

The whole story spans across 10 years. Long story short, Eason and Miriam are not the best of friends 10 years ago, but as time passes, they grow fond of each other. Miriam feels comfortable with Eason when they are together, but at the same time, she wants to break out of the market and explore the world, so to speak.

She has a choice, go out and explore the world and be success at what she does, or be an ordinary fishmonger with someone she loves. I won't spoil the story.

So it's the same dilemma that many movies (and real life experiences) have touched on. Do you want power? or do you want love? I'm leaning towards the latter, only because I'm not a power hunger individual. You judge your own success. I think I'm quite successful at my age, I have a job, a degree, almost everything I want, the only thing that's missing is love. That seems to be a stumbling block for me. My life would be completed if I have that too.

I feel a bit like Eason in the movie (the first half of the movie, at least). I might like somebody, but due to various factors, it is not to be.