R' Nosson Wachtfogel Zatzal points out how The Yetzer Hara wants to pull us down, and he always reminds us of our Aveiros so we shouldn’t Shteig the way we can. The more he pulls you down, the more you have to be extreme in focusing on your Maalos.
Gideon was Zoche to save Klal Yisroel because he defended them and saw good. The Zohar says that Gideon wasn’t a Tzaddik or son of a Tzaddik. Look how powerful is Ayin Tova! The Midyanim were torturing the Yidden, and Gideon asked Hashem on the night of Pesach, “Why aren’t the Yidden Zoche to Yeshuos, just like the Yidden in Mitzrayim?” And he was told: לֵּךָ בְכֹּחַךָ זֶה שופטים ו יד Go with this unusual power of Ayin Tova!
Ayin Tova is real power! I know a Yungerman who has seen radical changes in difficult members of his family, when he insisted on writing their Maalos all day. When Gideon destroyed his enemies, Shevet Ephraim came to him to complain why he didn’t invite them to help him (since they were big Gibborim). Instead of being grateful for his saving the whole Klal Yisroel, they complained and acted petty.
But Gideon agreed with them, that since they had killed: עֹּרֵּב וּזְאֵּב Orev and Ze’ev (who were great officers of Midyan) they were actually superior to him. The Ayin Tova person isn’t petty. He gives in easily, and doesn’t have to be right. He’ll happily give credit, even when it’s not due; just to make peace. An Ayin Tova is relaxed and not stressed; he Fargins.
