TRUE STORY
A Yungerman was paid a free ticket to come to an out-of-town community to spend Shabbos there and be Mashpia (have positive influence) on them. He was an A-1 and much celebrated public speaker. He davened a lot that Hashem should help him make a great speech, and bring lots of: ַה ְשׁ ָפּעוֹת טוֹבוֹת (goodness from Shamayim) to the Olam (crowd). However, the first night he spoke, he noticed plenty of people leaving in the middle, and/or falling asleep on him (seems like the davening didn’t work...? What do you do now??).
He was looking through his notes, and at his diary full of Hashgacha Pratis stories, when he noticed that many years ago he had had the same exact predicament. Instead of kvetching to Hashem, he had thanked Him for the “great speech” that he made, and how they all loved him and begged him to come again. Also, in his notes he had once mentioned how he had davened for something, and what he asked for simply didn’t happen. He had been greatly disappointed, so he decided: ַחיִלְצַי ןָשְׁקַﬠָה the stubborn will be Matzliach, and he davened again, and he had a Yeshua. So he davened again, which involved going against his nature to be Mya'esh and give up.
The next time he spoke he was a major “hit”! They loved his speech and he became very popular with them.
