Our lives travel multiple diverse paths. Is one path better or worse? In most cases, I would say that the paths are different, but not necessarily better or worse. Some people's paths may appear outwardly as better, but truly, if you consider all of what life is and has been, most lives have their share of awesome plusses and hurtful minuses. For example, on the outside an individual may appear to have everything, but then when you take a hard look at that person's life events you'll see they've had their fair share of personal challenges and struggles too.
That said, we can lean our lives toward the positive by living wih good values, lots of love, less judgement, healthy choices, and contribution to the greater good. Those who continually make one unhealthy choice after another will likely face greater challenge, and those who rarely or never contribute to the greater good may suffer emptiness or loneliness due to this choice. And, it's essential that we know who we are and value that too. Trying to live lives that are not true to who we are will not benefit us, yet finding out who we truly are does include a series of trial-and-error experiences. If we don't get out there and try out various life ways, we won't have the chance to find out who we truly are and what we love to do and can do well.
We can't live all lives, and it's best to respect that variation as we live our lives as well as we can. Onward.