The value of a setback

At times things go so well one can feel one's head among the clouds. It is unimaginable how catastrophic a failure can be from a place so high. And when it really happens the pain is excruciating. Depending on one's level of self-development one either bends or break, the fear of losing the respect of your contemporaries, the fear of  failing again and the inevitable disappointment to those you love can be close to unbearable. In one way or another if one hangs on and walks through it all, the seemingly unbearable becomes bearable. When you reach the other end you will be refined and humbler than you were before.