The Secret Magic of Limud HaMussar

This is the secret of the magic of Limud HaMussar. R' Yisroel Salanter Zatzal says that despite your feeling that you are accomplishing nothing, if you keep learning Mussar, you will become a new person and become much higher than all your friends. Just write why it’s bad to be angry or jealous or running after Ta'avos or Bittul Torah, etc. Writing things like this is a powerful form of Limud HaMussar. For example:

• Why it’s so wonderful to control your Ka'as
• the Menucha that you get from controlling your Ka'as
• the Menucha that you get from Shmiras Einayim
• the good feeling of self-control
• how breaking Middos and learning with Hasmada lifts you and gives you confidence
• the Schar v’Onesh that you are in for; in Olam HaZeh and in Olam HaBah.