When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.

The saying shifts the locus of “disorder” from external circumstances to the inner self: being blocked or frustrated is treated less as a problem in the world than as a revelation of one’s attachment, expectation, or resistance. In a broadly Eckhartian spirit, it implies that spiritual maturity consists in inner detachment (Gelassenheit) and alignment of the will, so that events cannot “injure” the soul unless the soul clings to its own preferences. The quote thus reads as a counsel of self-examination: when life contradicts your plans, the task is not primarily to force outcomes but to correct the stance—pride, impatience, or possessiveness—that makes thwarting feel intolerable.