I felt sympathy for his mother but I could sense his anger rising as she expressed her concerns. He loves her but also he sees her as an obstruction.
Like the Ukrainian guy said, 'we all die sometime'.
It's down to whether you feel that because you have been granted the 'miracle' of life, you should endeavor to live as long as possible no matter what, up against living totally in the moment, and, for a million reasons, not being bothered when it ends.
I know where I stand.