I've always considered myself as one of the life strivers. We have analysed our lives way back even before we understand a bit about life. We seek success and happiness through methods which are considered acceptable, fair, and wise. We don't always get success, because in failures we studied life's true essence.
Sadness grows in our heart knowing that some people (in our past) deserve 'the better-us' much better than the people in our present life. But in here, we could also be learning something. Accepting. !?
Not only accepting our life and how unplanned or even miserable it ends up to be, but also accepting every single person that is now here around us, regardless whether they are worthy or not.
Wisdoms like these are always easier said than done. Nonetheless, we are the life strivers, our path are probably much much longer than those who did not think. Our pain has probably doubled or tripled the common others. Now we know that it is better to be a pig than a Socrates. A pig will continue to tread its life without any worry. It is never in a state of misery, and it does not have an ability to imagine how it's like to be Socrates (could not compare or analyse). Meanwhile, Socrates has twice the miseries. One, because he knows he is in a misery, and two, because his mind has the ability to imagine the good life that a pig is probably having for not knowing.
It is better if we don't know so much. We should've known better (.....again). It's all too late now. We are the Socrates and we are not the pigs. The pain, the failures, and the bad fates that will continue to strike us, will be replaced by a wisdom unachieved by the pigs.
The pigs may end up getting all the good stuffs life has to offer,while our dearest treasure and souvenir of life is only our wisdom..... Probably the only thing we have left in us. The most expensive thing in this universe, because we paid it with our dear life.