Tanya Chap 39: Hope for All

Rabbi Steinsaltz, in his commentary on the Chabad classic the Tanya, has the following statement.

The category of someone who is 'incompletely righteous' includes within it one who isn't completely righteous yet because they haven't' finished what they can and must do.  With this understanding, all Jews, even the simplest among the simple, carries within him the life force to complete this work.  However, not everyone has sufficient life conditions to finish this work.l  The matter depends on place and education; it depends on the garments of one's body and soul.  It depends on the long sequence of potential challenges.  However, all in all this possibility is found within everyone.  At special times, it is possible to break open this potential, to ascend to the heights of the upper Garden of Eden, where not even angels may travel.