“No one acquires a new character, or new longings or desires, after his death.  One who was interested in nothing but material desires during his lifetime will not evince an unsuspected interest in spiritual concerns after his death.  The personality one brings with one from this world is the personality one will have the World to Come.  There is no more opportunity for progress or correction there, except by the corrective process of Gehinnom.  So states the verse in Koheleth, ‘Act with all your strength while you can, for there is no more doing, reckoning, knowledge or wisdom in the grave to which you are going.’” ~ R’ Eliyahu Dessler zt”l