This is worth more than all the Torah, Avoda, and Gemilus Chasadim he ever did. And this is the difference between Dovid, who worked on his Middos, and Korach, Doeg, Achitofel, Y’ravam ben N’vat who despite all of them being incredible Bnei Torah, look how they ended up in Gehinom without Olam HaBah, and look at Dovid and Moshe etc.!
Then, there is a depressive, dysfunctional, low self-esteem person, who has a Mitzva Rabba to constantly build himself up; and even to be boisterous and borderline arrogant (providing he has a Rebbe who guides him). Halevai he actually feels secure; but his Schar is Gevaldig, and he is the same Oved like the opposite type of person, albeit in the opposite direction (כַ ךְ קִ בַּ לְ תִ י מֵּ רַ בּוֹתַ י this is what my Rabbeim taught me). We daven that Hashem should remember how Avraham went against his Middos by Akeidas Yitzchok, and so should Hashem go against the Ka'as that we deserve.
The person working on Ga'ava & self-esteem is just as good as the person working on Anava. Look how we compare not getting angry to Shechting Yitzchok; total opposites but the same Yesod, i.e., going against your Middos! This one gets Schar for his Savlanus (acceptance), and the other gets Schar for being a big shot! When Shim'i ben Gera cursed Dovid, Dovid Davka didn’t take revenge, because he knew himself and that his Middos were like Eisav by whom it says: וְעֶּבְרָתוֹ שְׁמָרָה נֶּצַח עמוס א יא his hatred lasts forever, i.e., forever revenge!
