Confusion

confusion, a word which is all over my mind all these days. I am at the best time of my life for now supposedly, am just 21, have a job with a 6 lakh package, college symposium president, good academic record and so on but the questions that haunt my mind are "What next" and "Why". People say that i am settled, my life is on the correct path now and so on but i feel what is "settled", good house, good pay, peaceful life , what next then, you have a good pay, you aim for a higher pay and the cycle goes on till you drop dead one day. What is the true meaning of life then?? running after things which are replaced by things more "Precious " then them. People are some much interested in becoming stable that they give away the things they like, their is a confusion over liking and fixed format but the "fixed format" wins due to terms like "Society", "Stable personality" and so. These formats are so rigid(they seem the opposite though) that they restrict our life in a narrow alley , this creates more confusion but the dire wish to "fit in"  Seems as if life is a game whose levels are fixed namely work, promotion, marriage, assets, savings, pension, "happiness" and so on and the money is the booster, we move from one level to another without even realizing why we are moving but we never question as it is hardwired into our system. We hear that "man makes his own path" but also hear that "God has already  decided the path", seems contradictory, doesn't it!!!! Every time a man fails, he is consoled by the fact "this is not the path for you", people are so confused by things that they want a  reason which will put the guilt on things like "destiny" and "fate" which gives them lot of self sympathy and a sense of satisfaction that they are not wrong but the path is.  Next thing is "GOD", the biggest confusion till date, people dont know who god is but still worship and have faith, some say he lives in "Heaven" while some says he is omnipotent but has anyone seen him , to this people say that "GOD can only be felt", an answer which is sufficing  their confused state of mind. Why people are laying more faith in some entity they cant see than on their fellow humans.When a "good" person is facing troubles, it is termed as "Test by god", when "GOD" knows everything, when he has set the path himself  and written everything then why test a person?? is this a game where humans are the puppets?? The thing is this entity is created to just console our confused mind during troubled times and to find  reasons that put situations in a paranormal context("out of our power, only god can help")  and with time and generations the entity has become so much embedded in our system that we term it as faith, devotion etc etc. This is just a mere amount of the wide spread confusion all around the world, but people are alright as long as the confusions are emotionally satisfying, the problem will arise when the confusion start to confuse!!!