War At One’s Center

One to chew on from Howard Thurman, Deep Is The Hunger:

“One reason why high dedication is so difficult is to be found is the fact that it is extremely arduous to formulate for oneself a purpose that is sufficiently high to be challenging and, at the same time, capable of demanding the consent of both one’s mind and heart. To so much, one’s heart may say “yes” while the mind says “no.”  War at one’s center — this is the tragedy of modern man.”

A lot to digest here, but it occurs to me that this is, indeed, where the daily “battle” is often fought.

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