Monday, March 30, 2009

Inner Battle of Soul verses Body


“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.”

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I've found myself often torn between the desires and knowledge of my heart, and the desires of my physical being. My 'body' knows that I want to sleep, I am tired, I need to get on a regular sleep schedule to be happy. While my 'inner self' is raging with restless energy, racing thoughts, impatience, intolerence of taking the time to wind down and rest. Generally these days this inner self of mine has been winning the battle. I'm too stuborn to let myself fix this problem, though the results are spiraling my normal world downhill.
This isn't the first battle I have faced of the sort, it happens all the time. I seem to struggle finidng unity between my conflicting wants. Perhaps I should try yoga.