During the Corona hysteria, someone called me up. He could barely talk, and his wife needed to bring him to the phone. I gave him lots of Simcha and Bitachon, and forbade him from listening to any negative reports, and he became a new person. Not long afterwards this person went through a personal disaster, and he held himself beautifully. I asked him how he was able to do this, and he replied: Since you said not to listen to any negative news, I became a happier and stronger person.
In my life, I personally could have been in “hot soup” many times, but my excess involvement in Bitachon saved me, many, many times! (It cost me a good amount of my blatt Gemara, but it was well worth it). I was also able to help thousands of other people because of this.
I know two people (Chasidish and Litvish) who sacrificed their learning, to be: מְ שַׁ מ שׁ an assistant to a Gadol B’yisroel; it was well worth it, and they came out ahead. Again, there are no rules; everybody is different. For many of us, the answer to all your problems is: Just learn!
