The prospect of future blessings helped Moses not to view his 40 years as a fugitive and his 40 years in the wilderness as a wasted life.
‏ « كَانَ [مُوسَى] يَنْظُرُ بِإِمْعَانٍ إِلَى ٱلْمُكَافَاةِ » .‏