Well, I hope so. What I'm trying to say is perhaps too obvious. Life will be full of mistakes, of failures of one sort or another. We will have hopes and dreams which we will not be able to realize, often due to factors over which we have little, if any, control. We must make our bargains and deals with life the best we can.
Life is indeed a series of accommodations.
The more that we can learn from our mistakes, our failures, and our disappointments, the more successful and satisfying our lives will be. None of us can do all things and none of us can be all things.