Know that you are the creator of your destiny.
Every thought that we think, every deed that we do, after a certain time becomes fine, goes into seed form so to speak, and lives in the subtle body in a potential form, and after a time it emerges again and bears its results. These results condition the life of man. Thus the human being moulds his own life. Man is not bound by any other laws excepting those which he makes for himself.
Once we set in motion a certain power, we have to take the full consequence. That is the law Karma.
We are responsible for what we are; and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future, can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.
Men in general lay all the blame of life on their fellow-men, or failing that, on God, or they conjure up a ghost, and say it is fate. Where is fate, and who is fate? We reap and what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate, and who has the blame, none has the praise. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind? Is it the fault of the merciful Father, whose wind of mercy is blowing without ceasing, day and night, whose mercy knows no decay, is it His fault that some of us are happy and some unhappy. We made our own destiny. His infinite mercy is open to everyone, at all times, in all places, under all conditions, unfailing, unswerving. Blame neither man, nor God, nor anyone in the world. When you find yourselves suffering, blame yourselves, and try to do better. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny and all the strength and succour you want is within yourself.