Life CYCLES!

So, here I go... almost a year after laying the roots of my blog....

I'm not sure I completely agree with the age-old adage that 'Life Sucks' but it sure does cycle.

I found an expansion of this adage that reads, "Life sucks and happiness eludes us, and what few moments of pleasure we get only show us how empty and meaningless the rest of our existance truly is."

If this was the truth, why would we even try?

The idea that life does indeed cycle--that we experience the same or similar ideas, thoughts, or revelations throughout life--raises more questions than answers for me...

Do we ever get it right?
I often find myself thinking "Haven't I been here before? Philosophically, at least? Haven't I felt this feeling? One of disorientation? Or the one of desperation? Or the one that begs the question, "Seriously?!" I often find myself in conversation with God asking, "Come on, Lord, haven't we dealt with this one already?"

But then, what do I know?
I'm one of those people in their early thirties who thought life would look different by now and that still can't begin to answer the questions "What do you want to BE when you grow up?" or "What is this life 'thing' all about?"

There was no fruition of the 'college --> career --> marriage --> six children' idea.

So now what?