Life is a continuous balance between “Being” & “Becoming”. Every new situation in life calls for an upgraded version of self. Unless you are acutely aware of this, you end up becoming a slave of fate & not the master of your destiny.
Its continuous because even when you become what you want to become, you do not stop there. You set up a new expectation, or a new goal, which again creates the gap between who you are and what you want to become.
Your present condition or your current state of being always feels incomplete because you are work in progress. And since you cannot measure what you are becoming, the meaning of your actions & purpose in life remains hidden from your awareness spectrum.