Quote from cookding:
I think one of my Buddhist teachers who is now 89 years old said in his book: (something like this)
"We spent the early part of our life trying to learn stuff that supposed to bring us happiness. Then we spent time trying to do them. We either fail unhappily and succeed but want even more because there is so much more out there... being not happy with what we have. Then we die. This is basic human history."
Nice quote, who was the guy who said it?
IMO the solution to the Buddhist dilemma is to treat life as a joke and live it accordingly.