Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

want is our companion from birth to death, familiar as the seasons or the earth, varying only in degrees.

which theme is represented in this excerpt from nectar in a sieve?
knowledge as power
the imminence of loss
suffering as a way of life
the necessity of hope for survival

I think that the theme that best represents the given excerpt is suffering as a way of life. The excerpt hints that everyone always seeks to want more, starting from birth until one's death bed. And with their continuous search for their wants, they suffer since they are never satisfied with what they have. Thus, suffering becomes a way of life.