Siman 240
סימן 240
Source: https://ajew.org/reader/chayey-moharan/1/His Toil and Exertion in the Service of G-d

Segment 1
HE:
אָמַר הַמַּעְתִּיק:שָׁמַעְתִּי, שֶׁפַּעַם אַחַת דָּחֲקָה אוֹתוֹ אִמּוֹ הַצַּדֶּקֶת זִכְרוֹנָהּ לִבְרָכָה, בַּאֲשֶׁר שֶׁהָעוֹלָם מְשַׁבְּחִין אוֹתוֹ וְאוֹמְרִים עָלָיו

EN:
(11.) I heard that once one of our people came before him complaining greatly about the deficiency of his livelihood. Rabbainu o.b.m. said to him: "I do not know how you have the heart to confuse me with the vanities of this world! Am I not like one who walks day and night in the wilderness, tunneling and seeking to make settlement from a wilderness — for in the heart of each of you there is a desolate wilderness with no inhabitant, and there is no dwelling-place there for the Divine Presence. And I am tunneling and seeking at every time to make some rectification and place in your hearts to be a dwelling-place for the Divine Presence! Have you any idea how much exertion is needed to make beautiful and fitting utensils from a thick coarse-grained oak tree, called an oak? How much exertion is needed for this — until one hews it..."