A yeshiva student once visited Rabbi Simcha Bunim Alter, author of “Lev Simcha”. When the rabbi inquired where he studied, the young man mentioned the name of a certain yeshiva known to contain many Ba’alei Teshuva among the student body. Realizing this, he appended he, himself, was not a Ba’al Teshuva.
“Why not?!”, asked the Lev Simcha.