QUESTION:
Since every person is judged by Heaven only according to what they are or aren’t capable of, is there a way for a person to know what his kochos (capabilities) are, whether in learning Torah, in how much he can fix his middos, and in other areas of avodas Hashem?
ANSWER:
It is impossible to know this exactly, but generally, as long as a person is calm and relaxed even as he tries hard at something, this means that he is capable of it, these are his kochos according to the level he is at. But this will not apply to people who are generally not calm and they don’t have yishuv hadaas for all sorts of reasons. Yet, even a very anxious kind of person like this will also need to examine himself well and see if he’s doing anything that’s taking away a lot of his calmness.
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