Four factors in aging

Hi,

"Four factors cause old age to leap upon a person:

1. Fear as in the case of King David (Divrei haYamim I 21:30);

2. Anger regarding one's children as in the case of Eli (Shemuel I 2:22);

3. A bad spouse as in the case of King Solomon (Melachim I 11:4);

4. War as in the case of Yehoshua (Yehoshua 13:1)."

(Midrash Tanchuma, Parshat Chayyei Sarah 2)

המצפה לישועה,

Mordechai