Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning…it takes a great deal of delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach.  500 of the most successful people this world has ever known stated that their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which they felt defeat had overtaken them.  Why?  Because "Every obstacle carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater opportunity." And you are usually much closer to the gold than you think!