When you are exhausted, too tired to complete a task that you know needs to be finished– and please don’t take my word, check this on your own– you can succumb to that feeling, or you can shift into the next gear. Most people never scratch the surface of what they are truly capable of accomplishing. There are a surprising number of gears deep within human consciousness, if you decide to search for them.
“he raised his head. Slowly, with the greatest effort of his life, he made his body rise until he was able to sit upright with only one hand pressed to the desk and a trembling arm to support him. He never asked that question again.”