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Life can sometimes feel overwhelmingly hard, as if the universe itself is working against you. Everyone has their struggles, but your challenges might feel insurmountable, no matter how hard you try. Intelligence, hard work, patience—none of it seems to be enough when luck or God isn’t on your side. And you’re probably right. Luck and God are intertwined, the unseen forces that make things fall into place. Without them, all your efforts can feel futile.
Even the great figures of history knew this truth. Take Ravan, the feared warrior king of the Ramayana, who ruled heaven, hell, and earth. He spent 6,400 years meditating, seeking the blessings of the lords because he knew his might alone wasn’t enough. Without divine favor, he could never have achieved the power and reign he did. His story reminds us that success, in any form, often requires something beyond our control—something beyond just our efforts.
But life still demands perspective. What do we need, fundamentally? Food and shelter. These two things, represented as employment or income, remove 99% of life’s hardships. If you’re blessed to have a way to sustain yourself, most of your problems are magnified in your mind because a weak mind exacerbates everything. Real problems are those of survival—no income, debts mounting. Other issues, like relationships, pale in comparison when survival is secured. Even in moments of pain, if you can feed yourself and have a place to live, you’re already ahead of much of the struggle.
Yes, you might have overwhelming problems—a sick child, financial ruin, or failure in business—but even in those circumstances, you continue to live. You still need to eat, to work, to move forward. Yet the mind, in its weakness, fixates on the pain and makes it the central story of your life.
But what happens when luck isn’t on your side, despite all your efforts? When your dream feels out of reach? Take me as an example: I’ve invested years, hundreds of thousands of dollars, earning a medical degree but with no residency. Without that, I can’t practice medicine in North America. I’m stuck, despite aptitude, effort, and persistence. Adding to that, I faced a personal crisis—my marriage fell apart. I was trying everything, doing everything, yet nothing worked. I survived because of the spiritual pull I had back to God.
In these moments, you realize the secret sauce is God. Without divine favor, without luck, things fall apart. Life is like a puzzle—you start with small victories, thinking you’re making progress, but the pieces just won’t fit. You try again, thinking you’re on the right path, but the puzzle remains incomplete.
For most people, the puzzle of life is simple: grow up, finish school, get a job, meet basic needs, and life becomes easier—like dominoes falling into place. But for some of us, the puzzle never fits. And when it doesn’t, we’re stuck in the hardest part of life, wondering why nothing works.
But even for those whose puzzle is complete, a misplaced domino—something as small as a relationship issue—can feel like the end of the world. Why? Because perspective is everything. Their puzzle is done, but they still feel the same dread and pain as those whose puzzle hasn’t even been solved.
So what if you’ve been solving the wrong puzzle all along? The pieces you think are essential—intelligence, hard work, patience—aren’t enough to complete it. It’s the wrong puzzle if it’s leading you to the same pain over and over again.
The true puzzle, the one you need to solve, is your connection with God. If God isn’t on your side, it’s because you’re not on God’s side. Align yourself with God, not just with God’s creation, and only then will your puzzle start to make sense.
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