Teshuva and the Power of Positive Self-Image

“But you’re still sinning?!” “That’s not the real me. The true me is a Tzaddik Gamur”. And if I sinned, then I have Bitachon that I’ll do Teshuva”, and: בְ מָ קוֹם שֶׁ בַ עֲ לֵ י תְ שׁוּבָ ה עוֹמְ דִּ ים אֵ ין צַ דִּ יקִּ ים גְ מוּרִּ ים יְ כוֹלִּ ין לַ עֲ מוֹד ברכות לד ב Baalei Teshuva are even GREATER than pure Tzadikim! “So either way, I’m a born winner.” And the more voices telling me I’m no good, the more I am sure that I am Davka Gevaldig!