Off the elevator and began the long walk down the long hallway. A child is running down the hallway coming in the opposite direction, Laughing. Excited. Happy.  Looking up as the child comes running towards me, OMG, it is her. Just as always imagined. Filled with anticipation. Closer and closer, the happy child runs. The child is not running to me but to a person walking behind me. It is not her. The child came out of the door beyond my door. Deflated. Defeated. Overwhelming Sadness.

No matter what is achieved in life will never match the loss experienced. Failure engulfs because failure it is.