Another year has flown by and soon the new one will begin. Always a good time to recharge, and not spend too much time and energy on what we did not accomplish, or be immobilized by where we failed. Through many years as a consultant to scientific groups I learned that in every failure there is learning. I was always amazed by the amount of failure that occurs in scientific ventures before success is achieved. The same is true in ordinary life. The only failure that is devastating is the failure to try again.