Life

What is the value of Life? Is it measured by Money? Is it measured by your Career? I once met a friend, whose life began out pretty bad. His parents divorced two brothers in jail and a school for future gang bangers. One day, his step father discovers that his mom was having an affair and he instantly blew up and shot his moms lover several times along with his 2 older brothers in Jail. His father also threatened to shoot my friend next till the police arrive and ended the tragedy that was brought. My friend was later taken up by the church that changed his life forever. At that point in time, he started dressing better, restricting his mouth from cussing, and on his road to becoming a very successful picture. Life is unpredictable and cannot be determined just by a set of numbers or amount of pay you make each year and only the people who tasted death can understand life. The Human Life Calculator is very inaccurate in its portrayal of how much a person would be valued over their lifetime. An example would be how your number changes for each yearly salary wage you get. Say there’s a Janitor and he plays the lottery and wins the jackpot of 3 million dollars. Would that mean his life is more valued because he earned a large amount of money? Another flaw to the calculator is also its inclusion of family members. Its impossible to say that none of the family member might die before the person reaches his last stage and this is also another unpredictable factor. Life can also throw unpredictable events at you that could change your life forever. In Lance Armstrong: "It's Not About The Bike" he talks about his life changing event and how his achievements couldnt even compare to this event. In 1996, he discovered he was diagnosed with Cancer and is already marked down as close to death. After his miraculous succesful surgery and complete remission from Cancer, he values life completely more. This proves that Lance had crossed the barrier between life and death and