What did I do to deserve this?

Buddhism Day by Day

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, February 16, 2013:

 

In the course of Buddhist practice, various things arise on account of the negative causes and tendencies in our own lives. There may be times when we think, "What did I do to deserve this?" But we should not be swayed every time such phenomena arise; for it is already certain that we will become happy in the end. We should regard as training everything that happens to us in our practice to reach the destination of happiness.