Chacham Rabbeinu Yosef Yavess zt”l (M’Girushei Sefard) would say: “'וחרה אף ה' בכם ועצר את השמים ולא יהיה מטר והאדמה לא תתן את יבולה' - The skies want to produce rain and the ground wants to give forth its produce. Blessing and prosperity want very much to burst forth in abundance; it is man who stops them with his sins. If only we would do teshuvah and increase our observance of mitzvos, we can remove the blockade and earn the bounty of goodness of blessing, good fortune and happiness, that very much wants to come to us.”
A Wise Man would say:
“Those who dare to fail miserably are capable of achieving greatly.”