Story from our reading comprehension book

(Credit must go to The Husband for translating and typing this out!)

Imam Musa a-Kadhim [a] relates the following story:

The once was a man from the Bani Israel, he was a pious man. He had a wife who was also pious. One night the man had a dream where an angel came to him and said that Allah had ordained for him such and such amount of time for his life on earth. In addition Allah offered him that one half of his life would be with ease (wealth) and the other with difficulty (poverty). He was to choose which half he wanted the ease and which he half he wanted the poverty. The man told the angel that he had a wife who was his partner in life and he needed to consult her and that the angel could come back tomorrow night when he had consulted her. The following morning the man awoke and related to his wife what had transpired the previous night to which she replied: 'Choose the first half with ease and let us pray for a good ending (to our lives) perhaps Allah will have mercy upon us and bless with blessing throughout our lives.'. The following night the man saw the angel and he informed the angel of his decision to which the angel said you have requested it and so it will be.

The blessings of the world began to make their way to the man and his wife from all facets and they increased on a daily basis. The wife said to her husband that with these blessings he should assist those amongst his relatives and he should gift and assist those amongst his neighbours and brothers in faith. When the first half of his life passed by he saw in his dream the same angel whom he had seen previously. The angel said to the man: 'Allah appreciates (that you did 'husn u dhan' [thinking well of God] on him and that you made good use of your first half) you and therefore has ordained the second half of your life with with ease like the first half.

Homework for you all:
What lessons do you take from this story? and what Shariah points?
(we came up with a total of 13 in class!)