Old is not gold always People will use you as long as you are intact and usable. Just as long as you have value, you will be familiar to everyone. But when you have a loss or you are unable to work, no one will see you anymore, no one will give you much value. As much as he has the reputation of being an Army Force officer, he has no value when he retires from a job wounded in battle. Because you can no longer work for the army. If you were martyred in that war, your family would only get some money and honor. He had no value other than the glory of giving his life for the country. Again a horse will feed and nurture him as long as he is able to do his master's work. But when he is unable to work, he will no longer be fed. This is the law of nature.