"עִנָּ֖ה בַדֶּ֥רֶךְ כֹּחִ֗י קִצַּ֥ר יָמָֽי"
If the derech - the path of life, the day to day, is עינוי - affliction, then קצר ימי - it shortens my life. It is a type of death. Such a person is never in the moment but rather in an illusory future that will probably never come. All we have is the Avodah of this minute.
[ספר "קרוב אליך השם"]
