misdirected anger

it is too easy to be lured by the temptation of attributing failures to external factors and take none of the blame. that is a distraction from the heart of your issue. the truth remains that your crash is your fault. the government, society and luck form the runway towards individual success, but you control your plane and your take-off. you will never stop moving forward if you are willing to invest the effort to get yourself up to speed.

however, it is critical to recognize that while you may have failed, you are not a failure. the failure is in the mistakes that you have made, and is never absolute until you believe that you are the failure.