Machshava:

Mesilas Yeshorim 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: The Bilvavi On Mesilas Yesharim

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P. 264. Why do we need nisyonos (trials / tests)? The two ways to purify the body. Helping the body less preoccupied with non-sense. Suffering changes our perspective about what is important and our purpose. If we live with the truth and believe that Hashem is good, then we must ask the question: "What is the purpose of my suffering?" Understanding and remembering that this world is just a way-station: "Ger anochi ba'aretz" (I am a stranger in this land). Things in this world are not truly ours - therefore there is no point to connecting to them too deeply. What values do our children see in their homes - what is obviously, and daily, important to the parents?