One day you are on top, one day you are down. It is not on the basis of your free choice, it is just simply on a question of your karma, question of your providence, question of the transient conditional of the three modes of material nature. So why we think that is a great accomplishment to achieve anything in a world where anything can be taken away any moment, anything can be rehearsed at any second. Therefore Srimad Bhagvatam says that unless we are progressing in the path of Krishna developing a taste for hearing and chanting His glories then we are wasting our time.
(H.H. Radhanath Swami Maharaj)
