Shevet Mussar (1:13) teaches, "I will now tell you an idea that you should chase. It is life for your soul and a necklace around your neck: Your primary study in Torah should always be what your heart desires. If it is Gemara, let it be Gemara. If it is drush, let it be drush. If it is the path of remez or kabbalah, follow your desire. As it states that hints This .כי אם בתורת ה' חפצו ,(1:2 Tehillim( Torah study is dependent on חפצו, what the individual wants to study. As the Arizal (Shaar HaGilgulim 3) teaches, 'There are people who desire the realm of pshat in Torah. Some prefer drush or remez. Some like to study gematriyos or kabbalah. [These desires are] dependent on why he came to the world this time as a gilgul. In his previous lives, he completed his soul with the other parts of Torah. It isn't necessary to study all parts of Torah in every gilgul.'" The Shevet Mussar concludes, "Don’t pay attention to those who will oppose you when they see your desire to study pshat, or drash, etc., and they will ask you, 'Why are you spending all your days in this section of Torah? Why don't you study other sections?' Because you came to the world to focus on the parts of Torah you enjoy studying." In Rabbi Biderman
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