Is it still a good idea to live forever in this world we are now?

To ensure longevity of course good ,but the essence of life is happiness,and contribution to society.Chi master in China ,live up to more than 100 years old,he hit a tai ji quan,have an impact in the world.

I'm 34 years old and I'm hoping that I won't reach the state of that woman! Technology is improving all the time and I'm kind of hoping that the boffins come up with something spectacular in order to prolong life and hopefully not age. However, I'm also thinking, would I want to live in a world indefinitely where this is no peace and everyone seems to be at war with eachother? My answer is no on that one. If I reach old age I don't mind continuing to live on just as long as I have my senses and I don't contract dementia or something like that. I think that the old woman has a very sad existence if she has to remain in bed all day. I would not want to go on living like that. Andrew

I absolutely agree with you. Living a lot of years is not always good. I think that you need to live for the time that is sufficient for you to achieve your goals and to be happy.

I think it's a little different for everyone. When my grandmother finally passed away very unexpectedly (but not surpsingly, in the context of her age), she was 85. Up until the day she was put in the hospital and passed on, she was bright, vibrant, and sharp as a knife. She wouldn't drive, and not because she was afraid to drive or didn't have a license, but because she loved to walk. I see this being a lot different for others. My father is 59 and is basically an old man. He can barely walk. He's hunched over from years and years of hard labor. He gets cold in the summer and hot in the winter and is as grumpy as any older man you'd ever meet. I think he'd be ready to cash in his chips long before reaching 85, whereas my grandmother, had it worked out that way, would have preferred to keep going and going so long as time allowed. For me, I'm not sure yet. I weight the ups and downs of being an older man. I would like to see how much the world has changed in 2080 (100 years after my birth); I'm sure i'd be fascinated. But I don't know how my body and mind would feel at that age. I think each individual knows when they're ready to go. Some have to be dragged kicking and screaming, and others lay it on down and go willingly. I believe all of us, at one point or another, have developed and thrived on our lust for life. But all of us also, as individuals, are capable of giving that up. In the end, the best we can all hope for is to be at peace with the lives we'd led and satisfied that what we leave behind is in better shape than we found it -- no unfinished business and no regrets. If I'm 100 and feel as if I should still be around, I'll fight to stay.

It is up to God to decide when it is our time to go Home. and i believe that it is our place to make the best of what we have while we are here on this earth. I would not like living like that but i would not do anything to end my life other than praying for God to come and get me and take me home with him.

as i have told u in one of the discussions, i don't like to live nine lives as cats are rumored to have. i don't want to be that old and useless. (i can no longer log in to mylot if i am in that condition already, hahahaha). i don't want to be a burden to the stronger members of the family, my children especially. as early as now, i have decided that it will be that time to go. but who am i to decide that that would be the moment? by that time, much as i want to end my life, i will already be too old to even hold a knife, or the razor blade to cut my wrists would already bounce back because of my very loose skin. . the mere thought of ending it by myself would already be very burdensome and laborious for my frail brain. let Him decide then when that time will be.

I couldn't really answer that to myself because I don't know when will be the time that I have already fulfilled all my dreams and mission in life. Only God knows when is the right time.

I dont see any problem if a person would live to see a hundred years or more. Its their choice but ending their own life in whatever way would be a sin, so we canall just be thankful we live to see another day. And no I would never dream to live forever, if people will be dying around you.

YES i agree with you

Hello manong Every must go and should rest in peace..and it's not very wise to stick to the world and try to be young through many ways that we use nowadays...applying all these expensive anti-aging creams and lotions as it will revive the exterior and in reality we will be dying inside..... We must go in peace and I agree with you...