Life Quality or Quantity

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Which is more important to you quality or quantity? I have discovered that as you age and your condition of health changes this opinion too changes. I have times when I would like to live to a very old age, but something will happen and suddenly it doesn't seem all that important to to live a long life. Would you want to grab every moment, despite the condition of your health or soundness of mind even if it meant being kept alive by artifical means? Would you prefer to live a quality life, free of pain, emotional, physical or mental? Have you let your loved ones know what you want if become unable to speak for yourself? My father believed life was precious and that even if you had to be kept alive by artificial means, despite being in pain or not sound of mind he wanted every last moment. My mother however, believed in the quality of life. She had colon cancer and decided if she had to spend her last days in severe pain, sick from chemotherapy, drugged and not of sound mind, she would rather die. I find that as I face my own mortality I ponder this question a lot, so, which is more important to you? Quality or quantity.................