'Failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success.' I feel a lot of things when I think about my son, love, guilt, sadness, anger, just to name a few, all of which cut deep into my heart. All these feelings and memories leave me with the feeling of failure.. Failure in making my son, he had a broken heart, failure in keeping him alive, failure in recognising he was in need of medical attention. 'Criteria for failure The criteria for failure are heavily dependent on context of use, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. A situation considered to be a failure by one might be considered a success by another, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a situation may be differently viewed by distinct observers or participants, such that a situation that one considers to be a failure, another might consider to be a success, a qualified success or a neutral situation.' Was I such a failure? or Was this the way God intended? Did I fail my son? or Did I provide him everything I could for his intended cycle of life?