Grasp of Desperation

The piercing lather of the shampoo starts to seep into the eyes after the shower ran out of water. The feeling of dissatisfaction and hopelessness creeps in. Desperation is oftentimes labelled with the negative connotation of running after the last floating device in the middle of hundreds of other victims, but still ending up dead in the vast cold sea. It buries the positive outcome that can be drawn from it depending on the next series of events. Desperation is a state of being that can make or break a person.

A possible outcome of desperation is to make or build up a person by using it to be self motivated. If a man loses his shot for a promotion in a company, then things are down and unhappy for him. This and being a breadwinner are factors that could breed desperation. On the other hand, the subject may choose to start dealing with this situation by thinking positively. He can consider his hopeless family’s urgent need for money. This way the man is set to find ways in order to meet the necessity. He gets to experience calmness once again and maximizes his time of healing and standing up from the failure. The man pulls all remaining resources available to continue with his job zealously. This allows the transition from losing to fighting, to begin. It enables the man to act on the situation rather than be stagnant and to refuse in giving the problem a solution. In similar cases and even with other instances, people may be required to go back from where they first started their work before they failed. However, it allows them to give success and efficiency another shot.

On the negative side, desperation could mean breaking a person apart that leads him to become a loser for the rest of time. In the example mentioned above, the man lost his chance to get a promotion that could meet his own needs and that of his family. He can choose to start labelling himself as a loser. Nest, he gives up self confidence and with his low self esteem, accepts the entire situation for what it is. It is a voluntary act of drowning one’s self while being lost in darkness and despair. The subject may resort to all other doings except for solutions. Vices like drinking alcohols, smoking, taking drugs, and gambling are the most common options. These can be very addicting and causes people to ruin their lives. They become outcasts and scavengers not just to their families, but to the entire society. They are being left behind by the opportunities that come their way. Desperation in this case prevents the improvement of a person who suffered from failures.

Desperation may spell success if making up for the damages in a person’s life is chosen over breaking down to the ground and remain as a failure. This takes place at the very moment one decides to call it quits or the start of a race that is full of hope. The aftermath still lies in the hands of people who were justly given free will since birth. Even at the fangs of hopelessness, there could be a turning point. This is because of the fact that everything can change, even the beat of people’s hearts.