Wearing down

After watching a special on Alexander the Great, I realized that being a soldier in his army required one to be away from home for years at a time. That would be wearing on a person. Fighting constantly in foreign lands on unfamiliar terrain would wear a person down. Being wounded far from home or seeing comrades die on a foreign field would dampen anyone's spirits. I feel like that day after day. It wears one's spirit down. It paralyzes one from doing good. The difference between me and the other guy is that I have a spirit from another world that rejuvenates my mind and bolsters my spirit on a continual basis. I am thankful for that.