Excellent post.
(sort of related)
People ask why they are tested with certain things when they fail anyway. A child first learns to turn over, then crawl, then stand, and then he takes two steps. And then he falls. The people standing and watching start clapping. The child is thinking (well…) of all times to be clapping?! Just after he falls?! He doesn’t realize the parents aren’t clapping because he fell, they’re clapping because he managed to stay steady for two steps.
In order for a person to learn to dance, they need to learn to walk first.
(from Rabbi Orlofsky)