Why did Ahron’s Ma'teh staff blossom and produce almonds, as if it became alive? Because Ahron himself was alive and blossoming with the Simcha of being close to Hashem. Closeness to Hashem brings Simcha, as it says: עֹז וְחֶדְוָה בִּמְקֹמוֹ (דבהי"א טז כז). It also brings life, as it says: וְאַתֶּם הַדְּבֵקִים בַּה' אֱלֹקֵיכֶם חַיִּים כֻּלְּכֶם הַיּוֹם (ואתחנן ד ד). Connection to Hashem brings life. He is alive, and therefore he blossoms.
How did Ahron become close to Hashem? By always appreciating His constant gifts. The Kli Yakar says that the almonds on the stick symbolized Z'rizus, and the Mesilas Yesharim says that Z'rizus is an outgrowth of Simcha.
A dead stick coming alive and blossoming symbolizes the P'nimiyus’dike world of Ahron. One who is close to Hashem is Zoche to Nissim; just as Hashem creates “new” creations, so too those who are close to Him are able to bring about Nissim and create Yeshuos. In the blossoming of the stick, a: דּוֹמֵם (inanimate object) became a: צוֹמֵחַ (live plant).
It was similar to Techiyas HaMaisim. The stick was originally part of a live tree, until it eventually lost its moisture and life, and became a stick. Now it became alive again. A Baal Bitachon is similar, as it says: וְקוֹיֵ ה' יַחֲלִיפוּ כֹחַ (ישעיה מ לא). Those who hope to Hashem, their strength is constantly renewed. The person who has Bitachon in Hashem is always renewing himself. This is his lifestyle: שֶׁבַע יִפּוֹל צַדִּיק וָקָם (משלי כד טז). He may fall seven times, YET he gets up.
Sometimes Your “Bitachon” Is Just a Way to Pressure Hashem to Comply to Your Ratzon
Many people have complained that they work so hard on Bitachon, and they still didn’t get what they want. Sometimes, you need more patience, and: הָעַקְשָׁן יַצְלִיחַ; the persistent will be Matzliach. You also need to interpret “failures” as positive signs of an upcoming success.
But often, people defeat themselves when they are too wrapped up in their Retzonos, without any acceptance of Ratzon Hashem. Chazal advise: בַּטֵּל רְצוֹנְךָ מִפְּנֵי רְצוֹנוֹ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּבַטֵּל רְצוֹן אֲחֵרִים מִפְּנֵי רְצוֹנֶךָ (אבות ב ד). Relinquish your Ratzon and accept His Ratzon, in order that He should relinquish the Ratzon of others in favor of your Ratzon.
An older girl was having trouble with Shiduchim, despite her hard work on Bitachon. She was asked how she would feel about a potential suitor who runs after her like crazy. She admitted that this person would lose Chen (favor) in her eyes. If he had a little more reserve, she would be more attracted to him.
This story is actually similar to the game that so many of us play with Hashem. Chazal caution: כָּל הַדּוֹחֵק אֶת הַשָּׁעָה, שָׁעָה דּוֹחַקְתּוֹ. וְכָל הַנִּדְחֶה מִפְּנֵי שָׁעָה, שָׁעָה עוֹמֶדֶת לוֹ [לְאַחַר זְמַן עֲתִידָה לַעֲמוֹד לוֹ שָׁעָה מֻצְלַחַת. רַשִׁ"י] (עירובין יג ב). One who forces his will [“pressures the hour”] loses the good he was destined to receive anyway [“the hour pressures him”]. But one who goes along with his circumstances even when they are not consistent with his will [“allows himself to be pressured by the hour”] is eventually Zoche to everything. Your extreme Ratzon boomerangs Chas V'shalom, and it slows down the process!
A friend of mine once read from a gentile source: “Most of us are in a constant state of quiet desperation.” Human nature is to never be satisfied. This is what makes Ahron greater than everyone. He is simply in a different world. His involvement with Korbanos constantly remind him of the gifts of Hashem going on inside his body. Today, we don’t have Korbanos, but Tefila is: בִּמְקוֹם קָרְבָּנוֹת in place of Korbanos. That’s why Tefila is so loaded with thankfulness and praise of Hashem, like in P'sukei D'zimra etc.
Don’t allow your bad Middos to dominate your Tefilos. Working on Middos is #1. When you are always thanking, you are growing in Tikkun HaMiddos. But when you continue those never-ending requests [albeit in Ruchaniyus] you may be falling in Middos.