In the precious Y'mei Elul, Hashem wants us to make a big Shpeil about even our slightest Ratzon for Teshuva, and Chizuk, Chizuk, and Chizuk is called for without end. To value Elul is #1, and value yourself, and the sweetness of coming close to Hashem. Don’t be fooled when everything goes wrong during Elul!
R' Chatzkel Levenstein Zatzal says that it’s always like that! ַחיִלְצַי ןָשְׁקַﬠָהThe one who is stubborn will be Matzliach! Don’t be impressed with your failures. When you feel that you are not Matzliach, you constantly say: Aderaba! The Yetzer Hara only starts up with the best people, like me!
The more I mess up with Ka'as, or Kedusha, or Bittul Torah, or not being involved in Elul and Teshuva; the more I am sure that I’m Davka Gevaldig! Not being Mya'esh despite all kinds of unfortunate Yeridos (failures) is the biggest Zechus in the world!! So hold on! (P.S. Don’t look for trouble!!).
םָקָו קיִדַּצ לוֹפִּי עַבֶשׁ זט דכ ילשמ A Tzaddik falls seven times, and gets up. I was told in Novardok by R’ Elya Rotnemer Zatzal that a Tzaddik is a person who falls, and yet he keeps going! I had a great Elul this year! Even though I got worse and worse and everything went wrong, I still wasn’t Mya'esh! What a success!”
