Life is limited, but there are different ways to have one's life extended even after death. Some do so by being remembered by others for the good deeds they have performed when they were alive. A 16-year-old boy, who is fatally ill, has chosen to do so by deciding to donate his heart, liver, corneas, kidney, skin and bones after he dies.

The boy, Feng Shihui, is suffering from the idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura that has depleted his platelet count. He signed the relevant papers with the Red Cross Society of China's Shenzhen Branch, becoming the youngest among the 6,000-plus locals to register as an organ donor in this southern Chinese city.

The boy has set an example of how we should regard life and in what way we can make our lives meaningful even after death.