Is the grass greener on the other side?

There is no other side. You will only see the lost ones in your mind. Live for what exists. Make the most of your decades in the sun, while you are alive to do so.

@smusmu-
Why on earth would anyone think such a thing?
It’s completely unreasonable and irrational.

I mean, i agree it would be great if we could do it again differently, while keeping our “experience points” from the previous rounds, but… there is utterly zero reason to think that’s what’s actually happening.

I guess people need something to believe-in, so they don’t just quit once too many of the right/wrong things become ruined.

Believing in more lives, decreases the value of this one. I guess if you know you’re going to lose something you can’t fix, it’s best to tell yourself it’s less valuable, less rare, than it really is, so that you don’t suffer as much in anticipation of its loss.