I thought so as well, but my talk with Despair was illuminating.

[It feels somehow. . . a little more vulnerable, to talk to someone about her sin of despair than to talk of other sins. And uncomfortable, knowing Vira must also feel these things. It's easier not to acknowledge that darkness in easy conversation with a near stranger.]

There have been times I believe I have indulged in despair, and times I have choosen not to. I've chosen to put painful things in the past, to attempt to improve my circumstances rather than to dwell. I believe now, I am called instead to face those painful things head on.