The universe does not supply one gateway for happiness and joy and then close it and say (Oh well you missed it) the universe continues to offer us a gateway that we could walk through for happiness.
One thing I have learned along my journey is that the universe does not test you it simply offers you opportunities sometimes those opportunities do not fit our script or narrative and so we may interpret them as challenges.
What if we saw challenges as opportunities for transformation and transition to bigger and better and more, what if we started to ask ourselves questions like
What is spirit's will for me in this?
What opportunity is this providing me?
What is this asking me to let go of that no longer serves?