Ultimately, everything fails.
It really doesn't matter what it is, everything on this planet will one day fail, or stop working, or stop being, or just stop. Sure the Egyptian Pyramids and Roman Roads and Viaducts have had a good run, but their time is coming.
However, the failure is not important. The reaction to the failure is important - one can apply the proverbial duct tape to try to "keep it all together" or one can embrace the change and move forward (hopefully) knowing that it was a good run.
Just something that occurred to me.