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9. YOGATEE VELO MOTZOSEE AL TA'AMIN. LO YOGATEE U'MOTZOSEE AL TA'AMIN. YOGATEE U'MOTZOSEE TA'AMIN.

If someone says, "I have worked hard, and I have not been successful," don't believe him. If someone says, "I have not worked hard and I have been successful," don't believe him. If someone says, "I have worked hard, and I have been successful," believe him!!! (Megilla, 6b)

If we should think that once upon a time we did something not quite the way it should have been done, and so we don't feel strong enough to carry on in learning Torah and doing Mitzvos, then we should remember Hashem's promise to us: If we try harder now, again, with all our might, then surely we will succeed. And we will find more, much more than ever we had dreamed.