Make something out of yourself

SimchaMinute by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

We have to be tested, otherwise you can ask why do you need this world at all, we should all be in Gan Eden, together with the Shechina.

We see this is a world where difficulties are erected as barriers, as hurdles for us and that's our success: despite the difficulties, to succeed in making out of ourselves the best that we can. — Waiting for Moshiach (#795)