Our lives are painted with the pain and hardships we suffer. Sometimes our lives feel bleak, colorless, and aimless, and we are left to struggle with deprecating thoughts about our errors, our failures, and shortcomings. We even doubt the good that is present in our lives. We look at the world and the culture around us, and we lose hope, not only for the rest of humanity and our own futures, but sometimes we lose hope and faith in God, and we then linger alone in despair.