I was on the phone with a friend of mine from Kol Shimshon, who had the most spectacular Bitachon Yeshua. He was telling me about the wonderful progress of his teenage son, which reminded me of the Ness he had about four years ago. His son had a major problem with his learning and his Yiddishkeit, and the outlook was bleak indeed, until my friend decided to work on his Bitachon.
He was told to sit down with his wife for five minutes, and to learn an inspiring piece of Chovos Halvavos, which encourages thankfulness to Hashem. Then, he and his wife would thank for many things, and especially to look for the good points they could find in their problematic son, and to thank Hashem for this son! Then, they would learn (for another five minutes) an inspiring piece from a Sefer that speaks about Bitachon, and start reminding themselves of the many Nissim they had had in their lives. They would discuss their son with words of Bitachon, saying: “We will surely see Nissim with him, and he will improve with Hashem’s help”. They were told to have this small seder for a week or a month, and would see results. AFTER ONE DAY their son mysteriously decided to wear his Tzitzis out, and from that day on everything became uphill.
