The Bullet of Hope: Part 1, The Sad State of the Despairing
When expectations fail to materialize there is disappointment. Continuous failure to fulfill plans, hopes and desires leads to fear! Fear of inadequate ability! Fear of wrong values! Fear of low self-worth! Fear of antagonistic associates!
Give a man or woman enough disappointments and fears and the result is despair! A person whose hopes have been repulsed continually brings failure that wares out courage. Discouragements too frequently and long-continued may produce a settled hopelessness.
All around me I sense people living in despondency and despair! Despondence relaxes energy and effort and is attended by sadness and distress. Then comes despair, which results in strong apathy or desperation. Desperation is nothing more than despair in action!
Pills by the millions are being bought, stolen, prescribed and swallowed in hopes of some kind of balanced escape and restoration of joy! But “drug therapy” is not a long-term answer for the majority! America’s “kick” to buy “bottled happiness” is just that … a kick in the air that hits nothing and accomplishes less!
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