How Do Challenges Improve You?

"AND JACOB WENT FORTH FROM BEER SHEVA, AND HE WENT TO  HARAN." (Breishis 28:10)

It was comparatively easy to be righteous in the tent of his parents; but now the theoretical teachings would be put to the test of practicality. By dint of bitter ordeals under the power of Laban, Jacob would climb the ladder of Perfection until he was worthy to be the father of the nation of Israel. The Perfection of learning Hashem's ways is indeed precious, but the Perfection of practicing these ways under the great difficulty is even more precious. -- The Beginning