Endless mini-games

Do our lives consist of just endless mini-games, which are independent from each other? Where is the whole picture? "Connecting the dots"? Is there such a thing? Even Jobs, who said the phrase, admitted that 'the dots' were connected when looking back. There is no absolute goal to pursue in life, even if we are speaking about the goal for a specific individual. We just have to find some pleasure here and there in independent mini-games (disconnected dots). That's life. That independency is so scary to admit...