The very structure of being human is such that we can only be what we were created to be and are called to become by resting transparently in God. This means, among other things, that being rightly related to God is the only way truly to be oneself. If we fail to rest transparently in Him - that is, if we fail to have faith in God - then there will be a fundamental misrelation at the center of our existence and this is the condition of being in despair (Bruce Baugus).