"The way I see it, when your life has lost all value, I don't want to prolong it."
I've been thinking a lot about the value of life vs death lately.
When I talk about it with my wife she gets really alarmed, but I see it as something logical.
The way I see it, when your life has lost all value, I don't want to prolong it. Do I have people, or dogs, that depend upon me? Yes? Okay, I'll choose to live longer, given that fate doesn't take over my choices.
I feel like I've lived a rather wild life. I feel like I've lived a full life. But I don't want to live to be 80 and hobble around on a cane and lose the quality of it. When I lose the quality of life, it's not worth living anymore and I feel like we should all have a choice in that matter. It only takes a second and your misery will be gone.
I don't see it as a "depression" thing, or even a "religious" thing like some will see it--I just think we should just have control over our outcome if nature doesn't first determine that.
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Currently a Lakewood Ranch, Florida resident, Philip has authored various interactive blog websites since the early 2000’s. Most content will be based primarily on matters of opinion as usual.
I recently lost a childhood friend who refused to do cancer treatments. She was in late stages of it when it was diagnosed. Treatment may have added a little to her life span but she chose to just take meds to be as comfortable as possible. She died within a week. I suspect she gave herself a little push. I respect her choice. I wouldn’t have wanted her to suffer.