God values each human life more than his own. God wants us to live each day to the fullest in service to Him and to each other--even if we're past our 75th birthday.
"Here is a simple truth that many of us seem to resist: Living too long is also a loss. It renders many of us, if not disabled, then faltering and declining, a state that may not be worse than death but is nonetheless deprived. It robs us of our creativity and ability to contribute to work, society, the world. It transforms how people experience us, relate to us, and, most important, remember us. We are no longer remembered as vibrant and engaged but as feeble, ineffectual, even pathetic." --"Why I Hope to Die at 75," Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic Monthly.
