We must eat a peck of dirt before we die - Proverb for January 25

The proverb for January 25 is that "We must eat a peck of dirt before we die".  This proverb seems to have a couple meaning behind it.

The first meaning is that everyone must put up with some unpleasant things in his or her lifetime.  No one can escape some misfortune or difficulty.

The second meaning is more literal by saying that in a lifetime everyone will eat some dirt through the food we ingest or through falls and spills.  This will often be said to someone who has taken a fall and ends up with a mouth full or dirt.