It's a human problem. The problem of wanting the output of a situation and forgetting that the output comes from the inputs. We crave and desire the outputs of fame, glory, affirmation, wealth, faith even - but these things are not bestowed (well often not), but come through having focussed on the inputs.
When life is not working out how we want, when we sense we're not getting what we truly desire, its good to think about what we are inputting.
The problem with inputs is that there is a time delay between the input and seeing the output. That delay between the input and the output is called faith. A place where we hope for something that we know will come, but it hasn't arrived yet.
I'm experiencing this in my work. I write training courses and am in the midst of writing another trianing programme. It means I am at my desk for weeks and have very little feedback and sense of 'yeah this is great'. Yet if I persevere and work on it one day at a time (inputs), I will see the outputs in a couple of months time when I am up in front of people presenting it. "Wow" - I hope they'll say - "this is great!". At that point, may I remember the fact that it was the months of slog that led to that output :-)
Have a good'un!