You Don’t Get What You Deserve, You Get What You Need to Wake Up, Gita Says

We are born thinking the world owes us comfort, fairness, and recognition. We expect love when we give it, respect when we earn it, and healing when we have suffered. But life rarely works this way. Sometimes, the one you trusted betrays you. Sometimes, your efforts vanish without acknowledgment. Sometimes, the heartbreak is so deep it leaves you questioning your very existence. These moments feel cruel, but they are not mistakes. They are wake-up calls, designed not to punish but to awaken us. The pain, the losses, the betrayals, they are the universe’s way of saying: “See. Feel. Learn. Grow.”


We cling to the idea that life should be fair. That if we are kind, life will reward us. That if we suffer, someone or something will heal our wounds. But the truth is harsher. People leave. Dreams fail. Jobs vanish. Health falters. Friendships fracture. Relationships crumble. And through it all, the world seems silent, indifferent, even unjust.
This is where awakening begins. In those moments when the heart aches, when the soul feels exposed and abandoned, when you stare at the ceiling at 2 a.m. wondering why me? you are being shown exactly what you need. Not what you want, not what you think you deserve, but what will finally force you to face yourself.


We avoid our pain, numb ourselves with distractions, scroll endlessly through lives that look happier than ours, drink, work, chase, and pretend. But life has a way of demanding attention. It will strip everything away until you can no longer hide. Sometimes, it’s the loss of a loved one. Sometimes, the collapse of a long-held dream.
Sometimes, the betrayal of someone you trusted above all. Pain shows up relentlessly because we need to confront the truth: we cannot grow without it.


Heartbreak teaches patience. Failure teaches humility. Betrayal teaches discernment. Loneliness teaches self-reliance. Illness teaches impermanence. Loss teaches gratitude for what was. Every wound is an invitation to awaken, every tear a doorway into a deeper understanding of life and self.
The soul is like iron hidden in mud, life hammers away at the mud until the iron shines. And often, the hammer feels cruel. But without it, we remain untested, unfinished, asleep.


The moment we stop demanding life to be fair, a strange liberation begins. To act with integrity, kindness, and courage, not because we will be rewarded, but because it is our dharma, is a quiet power. To love without guarantee of love in return, to give without expectation of gratitude, to endure without bitterness, this is awakening.
Pain, heartbreak, betrayal, and suffering are not signs of failure. They are the precise tools life uses to awaken consciousness, to strip away illusion, to reveal the self beyond the ego.


You will not always get recognition for your sacrifices. You will not always find justice for your suffering. You will not always receive the love you think you earned. But you will be given what you need, exactly what will break open your illusions, awaken your spirit, and teach your soul its strength.
Life is relentless, and it is merciful in ways we cannot yet comprehend. What seems cruel is often the teacher, the wake-up call, the call to finally see your own depth and resilience.

You are not here to be rewarded. You are here to wake up. And the path to awakening is paved with the pain, loss, and heartbreak that you thought would destroy you. It will not. It will forge you. When you finally accept this, you live differently. You act differently. You love differently. You endure differently.
You become alive in a way that no comfort, no reward, no shallow recognition could ever teach. And in that raw, unfiltered, broken, and beautiful place, this is where true awakening begins.