A man is like a tree.

Rabbi Ezreil Tauber says that when we look at a tree we have to value not just the fruit of the tree, but the tree itself.  When we look at our lives we have to value not just the moments when we accomplish what we hope to accomplish, but we have to value every moment of our lives.  Every moment that we are doing what Hashem wants us to do is a precious moment, equally valuable.

from a Shiur by Rabbi Tauber on Aish Audio