I probably won't be around to see the cure this research is reaching toward, and I've made my peace with that. Every dead end I hit is still one step that clears the path for whoever comes after me. I hold the whole long grind as service to a healing I may never witness, and somehow that makes the failures bearable.
More people experience this than they realize.
You hold your long stretch of failure as service to a healing you may never live to see.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.