The Face of Despair - The Dark Side of Humanity is not just about despair or a person in the act of despairing. It offers the correct meaning of the despair. The Face of Despair has a voice; a person facing a despairing occurrence is never silent. The words of despair may not be shouted but the person does utter his/her lamentations as their feelings of self despair increase. I've been a behavioral scientist for over 30-years. And as a behavioral scientist, I have seen the "dark side" of humanity and the evil that permeates this world. I have counseled this broken humanity - the substance abuse addicts, the sexual predators, child molesters, rapists, criminal elements, the lost, the abused, and the desperate that have simply given up. I am often asked "Why do you do this? What drives you to look into the abyss of depravity and blackness daily?" which is often followed by the questions, "Do you really think you are doing any good? Is it working?" As a caregiver, I rarely think about those questions nor is my work quantitative. I am simply a part of the whole...a foot soldier that is a part of an army of caregivers worldwide. And I truly believe the "whole" is carrying the fight to the demons of the darkness that choose to wreak havoc and chaos in people's lives. My goal and purpose for writing this treatise is not to solicit a donation or anything pecuniary from my readers. Yes, I want something from you...I want your awareness. The evening news brings into our living rooms daily many of the evil things happening in our world but as long as what is happening is someplace other than where we are, we stay within our comfort zone of complacency and are content within the status quo that we have created within our own world. The Face of Despair is heart-wrenching and graphic. It will change the way you view the world. Like G.K. Chesterton once said, what is wrong with the world? I am "