Desperateness is a feeling that can be far more damaging than facing loss and disappointment. When you are out there trying to achieve your goals and you fail to attain them, as long as you still have confidence and trust that you will sooner or later reach your goals, you will keep pressing on. When you feel desperate, that's when you are in risk of just giving up on your dreams. Everybody can feel that way. It's the societies who will keep going, who will never let themselves to lose faith, are the people who attain their goals and dreams in life.