GOD IS BEHIND EVERYTHING; THERE ARE NO MISTAKES

Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣhaka Śrīdhara Deva Goswāmī Mahārāja

"Srimad-Bhagavatam, verse 10.14.8, gives us a most hopeful suggestion for all stages of life: blame yourself and no one else. Maintain your appreciation for the Lord, seeing everything as His grace. At present, we think our circumstances undesirable because they do not suit our present taste. But medicine may not always suit the taste of the patient. Still, it is conducive to health.

This verse is the highest type of regulation given by the shastra [scriptures]. If you can follow this law, then in no time you will have a very good position. We must be careful not to blame the circumstances, but to appreciate that Krishna [God] is behind everything. Krishna is my best friend; He is in the background of everything. Everything is passing through His attentive eyes. So there cannot be any defect there."

(excerpt from the book 'The Loving Search for the Lost Servant')