A family, a brother, and so on, are pieces set up around you to give a definite, chosen experience, which alone will be conducive to your progress. Take what life has to give you as the Lord’s gift, His prasada. The Lord places us in the exact environment required for the exhaustion of our vasanas.
Don’t ever dare question His wisdom. Be thankful for what you have. Stop craving for what you have not. Often we are tempted to run away from our given duties, saying, “I was mistakenly placed in this situation.”
But environments are not thrust upon us by blind fate without any rhyme or reason. To protest or weep against it is useless. Each should pursue his life in the field where the omniscient Lord has placed him, because He knows exactly what is needed for our inner unfoldment.