I was walking in the streets of Yerushalayim, and I met a Yeshiva Bachur who was very depressed about the situation. I told him that although having Tza’ar can help the Matzav (since Hashem sees our pain), but working on Bitachon is probably a better and safer route. I spent an hour and a half talking positive and recalling Hashem’s past Nissim, etc. Afterwards, we asked knowledgeable people about the Matzav, and for the first time they sounded positive.
A person’s positivism spreads! Soon we heard that things were much more under control, and compared to the initial bedlam and danger, there was a major improvement. I learned lots of Mussar on Bitachon, and then I asked around. Before I started learning Mussar, I was told that the soldiers were baffled, since they couldn’t find the dangerous Hamas: מְחַבְלִים (terrorists). After my Mussar Seder, I found out that 22 towns were declared clear of מְחַבְלִים terrorists.
