wow. i had this very question when i was in school. As someone who stopped doing many things (vid, books…etc) i always looked to the self made man as role models and those wonderful, sweet, naturally good people as great to be around, but not someone i would want to hear a shuir from. I always admired those who changed their lives, broke their taavos and bad middos. in my opinion, and what i hvae learnt in school, all Hashem wants is for us to try. If for you it is easy to be good and nice and sweet, youre mission is not to walk around thinking your perfect. you obviously have to TRY to work on something else. One thing i learned that struck me was that, i think the vilna goan had a photographic memory and knew the torah by heart, but studied around 20 hours a day because knowing it by memorization wasnt TRYING so he wouldnt get schar, so he worked on himself. itall depends on your level
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