Portion/Parshat 5 Hayei Sara: Bereshit 23:1 – 25:18 Haftarah: 1 Kings 1:1-31. These are the days of Sarah...(Bereshit 23:1).
"These are the days of Sarah: one hundred years, twenty years, and seven years." Our Sages asked why says one hundred years and twenty years and seven years, even though they're all the same length of time. Rashi says this is because there are three stages of a woman's life: childhood until seven, youth until twenty, and adulthood. Childhood is beautiful, youth is innocent, and adulthood is responsible.
The Tzadikim elevate Nature and Time to new spiritual levels, giving them new light and splendor. Thanks to the Tzadikim, the days have new life and are part of who they are. Rashi says that all the years of Sarah's life were "equally good." Sarah experienced many sad events in her life, but she never dwelled on them. She accepted them with joy, both the good and the bad.
Rashi says that when he writes, "all the years were equally good," it's because even the bad ones were accepted by Sarah with love.
Some people live as many days as they have years, while others have as many years as they experience days. There was a cemetery in a village that seemed to contain only the graves of young people. One tombstone read 20 years and 50 days, another 30 years and 20 days, and so on. Everyone who went into the cemetery was taken aback. Why did these people die so tragically young? In this village, it was customary to inscribe only the years and days the deceased had "actually" lived. This meant that even people who died at an advanced age were, in terms of how they used their days, very few years old and died tragically young, without realizing their potential. The Torah tells us about Abraham's life and says, "These are the days of the years," but it could have just said "the years." This seems like a repeat, but it's teaching us that Abraham didn't spend a single day without realizing his potential. Every year was "filled to the brim" with days.

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