How do you measure the value of your life?

Once, I tried to share my "wisdom"(self-proclaimed) and asked my friends, "Have you ever thought of how many people would attend your funeral(when you're dead, obviously)?"

And they treated it like a joke.

I often wonder if its a good gauge of the value of one's life. An average worker, in front of the desk in an office, would probably have slightly less than a hundred. From colleagues, relatives, family.

Those deeply respected, or feared would definitely have more. Politicians for example, even though we all know they have a dark side, but at their funerals, even the public is allowed to visit. And they do. Foes and friends whom used to interact with the deceased would attend. For them, a few hundred would probably be no problem.

What about each one of us? How are our expectations of life. Would we be loved by those around us the very last time, before we enter the earth or would we face an empty funeral?

Would you want to live your life such that when you die, many would come, to see for the last time, the one that used to be precious, loved?

Then again, back to my original question. How do you measure the value of your life? Is the amount of people who attends your funeral a good way? Is the amount of money donated at your funeral a good way?(chinese custom)

Or is it, at the end of the day, we ourselves would know, and have no need for an external indicator.