shock and pain

When I tuned in to today's class of Caitanya Charan Prabhu on growing through the Covid Pandemic, I was shocked. Krishna wants us to break out of our selfish family circle and adjust to a new shell of the bigger family of planet earth. And karma will bring us down to our knees and break that shell. Now I am confused. I am wondering whether staying on through problems and proving my loyalty is going to be the real test, or is the real solution to wait for the right moment to make an exit from the shell that has become too small for me? Now I am really confused.