Why do some people enjoy themselves and others suffer in this world?

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Everyone suffers or enjoys himself or herself in this world according to the result of one’s karma or action performed in previous lives. Hence, we sometimes see that we may perform good deeds in this life but are harassed by continuous miseries that repeatedly frustrate us and being bewildered, one may even be sometimes induced to stray from the path of righteousness. This is because all of us are subjected to the influence of the modes or gunas of material nature, namely, satva, rajah and tamah. Above these two, karma and gunas, is the time element, kaala, which controls all the activities within the universe. No one, including the heavenly gods, can escape the onslaught of the great time factor.