Despair can be caused by anything and nothing. Regardless of its root, however, despair is an experience that fosters some universal feelings: powerlessness, hopelessness, listlessness, loneliness. Author Cynthia Geisen describes despair as the opposite of inspiration, writing, “Where inspiration envisions a way forward, despair sees only darkness and dead ends.” Urging patience and perseverance, she guides readers back on a path of hope and healing.
