Contemplation

Imam Ja'faar As-Sadiq (a.s.) says:

مَنْ يَمُوتُ بالذُّنُوبِ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّنْ يَمُوتُ بِالآجالِ وَ مَنْ يَعِيشُ بِالإِحْسانِ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّنْ يَعِيشُ بِالأَعْمارِ

translation

Those who die as a result of sin are more than those who die due to natural death, and those who have a long life as a result of beneficence are more than those who have a long life due to natural life.

brief description

It is proved today that the cause of most physical diseases is spiritual and immaterial factors, and one of the most important causes of mental diseases is the heavy pressures imposed on man's soul by his conscience. A sinner is judged in the court of conscience and suffers painful spiritual punishments and its reaction is manifested in body and soul and even in the form of deaths. On the contrary, the beneficent people are encouraged by their conscience and this spiritual encourage empowers them and makes them cheerful and therefore their life time is increased.

Hence, Sin shortens life, and beneficence prolongs man's life.

Comments:
Although subjected to many angles of interpretation and subjectivity for those unknowing of the true meaning conveyed by the Imam, all in all, there is much truth in the fact that when you sincerely are beneficient, life seems lighter in its load and you are happy always. You are not worried about losing money but you know money can always be made as long as you work and think through legitimate ways of obtaining it. But when you are not, you are always worried about losing money, your materials become your most prized possessions and you forgot about the intangibles of life.

May the hit and run accident whereby I have been the victim, precariously teetering on the brink of death, made me a stronger person in all.

In life, keep on moving forward, with conscious heart and mind.
The only time life ends is when it ends.
You look back only for lessons to learn but not to yearn.