Most people in this culture assume that long life is desirable, and so-called short life is tragic. Apart from the fact that such a view is incredibly judgmental, it is also very limited. For one thing, it ignores the soul. 55 years on top of countless lifetimes means I'm absolutely ancient, bordering on decrepit. Even if reincarnation is hogwash, and my soul is a figment of my imagination, I still get sick of people telling me I must be crazy, depressed, or fatalistic to accept a life span of 55 years.
Destiny is a bunch of bunk.
It astonishes me when people tell me that I will create my own death at 55 merely by believing in the prediction. People who say things like that would never impose their religious or political prejudices on me, but they seem to think nothing of imposing their philosophy of free will. Don't get me wrong. I'm sure there are people who could obsess themselves to death at the mere suggestion of a probable life span. It happens all the time in the medical world.