Chassidishe Meiselach

The chassidim of the great Rebbe Reb Bitterrenaissance tell over the following story:
Once, when the rebbe was getting ready to go to bed, as was his custom at night, his young daughter began to cry.
Now the crying of the rebbe's daughter certainly resonated in the highest worlds, and that is how Reb Bitterrenaissance heard it, for his room was down the hall.
He made his way to the room, hoping to vanquish the evil that caused the innocent child to cry. As he approached, the girl vomited, all over her crib, her blankie, and even on the floor.
The Rebbe quickly called the holy Rebetzin to help him clean up.
As they worked, the rebbe's child, by now appeased, pointed to the throw-up and asked, "Dis is da mess?"
The rebbe took his daughter by the hand and said, "Yes mein kind. But Tatty and Mommy are cleaning it up."
The Rebbe paused, in deep thought, then continued. "And not just this mess, mein kind. Whenever you make a mess, no matter how big, the Tatty can clean it up.

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R' Moshe Eisemann relates that on a visit to a member of the Levovitz family, he saw a picture on the wall, of their grandfather, R' Yerucham (Mashgiach in Mir). In the picture, he was surrounded by bochurim. All of the bochurim were facing to the left of the picture, but R' Yerucham looked straight ahead, R' Yerucham's eyes, though, were pointing to the left as well.

R' Eisemann asked the family what the picture was. They said that the bochurim had gathered along the side of the road to view the retinue for a high ranking official who was visiting the town. The bochurim all looked down the road to see if the official was coming. R' Yerucham, being an intense ba'al mussar, did not turn to look. However, he did shift his gaze to where the official was approaching.

R' Eisemann said, we see two things from this story.
1. The intense self control of a ba'al mussar, and
2. Ba'alei mussar are also human.