The end of effort

Effort happens when the mind fights with itself, when two inimical desires feud with one another, e.g. “Do it!” “Don’t want to!” No natural process involves a descent into civil war. Politicians like to say they’re working hard. A damaged planet pleads: Stop that!   

A house divided

The man who is chronically angry and who habitually berates himself because of that is not merely a man—he’s a civil war.