I WANT TO LIVE A LONG LIFE — do you know why?

I WANT TO LIVE A LONG LIFE — do you know why?

To live out with contentment the destiny my Lord has given me.

To keep on repenting to my Lord.

To worship my God very, very much.

So that my service may reach many people.

To share a great deal of kindness with people and to be a cause of their happiness.

My Lord’s good things are scattered all over this world too — if only I could go about pecking at those good things as a bird pecks at grain, gathering them up as a bird gathers, and delight in it!

If only my heart would fill to overflowing with gratitude and longing!

This world and the Hereafter are both my God’s kingdom. If I spend my days and my ages as an obedient slave in my God’s kingdom — what, after all, is bad about that?

I want to live a long life, and at the end of my life, without suffering the agony of death, to set out on my final journey full of joy, gladness and smiles.

To live a long life, rejoicing in the blessings of my Lord and living with thanks, is beautiful, and then for this life to flow on into paradise is beautiful too.