Another damn analogy

Life is like a game of squash.
Or any other sport, it's just that the monkeys are currently into squash.

You play against the forces (for lack of a better word).
You don't really have control over them.
In the game of squash, the forces are the will & skill of your opponent combined with other worldly elements you have no control over.
So you all you can do is give your best.
You can slide and dive across the floor all you like, in your attempt to keep the ball in play and hit a winning shot.
But your best efforts can amount to nothing.

All you can do is pick yourself up from the floor and take another shot at it.
Your best shot.

The monkeys will keep playing.