When will the gods smile on you? Here's a better question. What makes you think they ever stopped? Just because some things aren't entirely going your way right now, you are not entitled to conclude that you are dealing with difficult deities, conspiring with the cosmos to thwart your every aspiration. They're doing the best they can under trying circumstances that are nobody's fault, least of all theirs. The angels and fairies who protect you make a bit of a breakthrough. And so, shortly after that, do you!  
Brilliant ideas do not always turn up in chauffeur driven cars. Men in shiny peaked hats do not roll out red carpets before ushering them out and bystanders do not invariably jostle for position on the pavement, striving to get a good view of the celebrity. Sometimes, indeed, it is the bad ideas that turn up in a manner like this... while the great ones sneak in through a side entrance and just start doing what must be done. Does it matter now, who gets the credit for what - just as long as the right thing starts to happen? 
 Is it beginning to seem as if the harder you try, the more frustrated you end up feeling? Perhaps that's because you are trying too hard! Though persistence and determination are key components in any success story, patience and good humour are also vital to the pleasing outcome of any tale. The real trick is to summon a sense of tolerance, acceptance, even understanding, towards the very person or situation that naturally makes you feel most agitated! Not easy. But there can be high rewards for a little self-mastery!  
Many people find it hard not to gossip. They may claim not to be interested but when someone whispers, 'Hey, have you heard the juicy news about so and so?' they just can't close off their ears. As with gossip, so with gripe. How tempting is it to join in with a conversation about what's wrong with such and such or so and so? Especially when your opinion is being actively sought? Yet the real key to success in your life  now involves standing as far back as you can from as much as you can. Try to stay neutral!  
We have too many gracious greetings and formal farewells. Not every coming and going in a life has to be ceremoniously announced. If this results in people or situations slipping out of our view for a while, it may be for the best. Some much-needed changes simply cannot occur under too bright a spotlight. Some circumstances cry out for subtlety. (or perhaps they don't so much cry for it as sob gently for it!) Anyway, what's amazing about you is what you learn about what's been going on behind the scenes.  'If at first you don't succeed...' Well, go on then, you finish the statement. Or pick, if you like, from the following list: '...remind yourself you always thought it was pointless and blame the person who encouraged you'; or 'sulk, pout and maybe break something'; or 'go to the pub.' Not convinced that any of these are the best answers? No. And I am proud of you for resisting the cheap humour in the sentences above and holding tight to higher standards. Stick with these and they'll yet see you through.