When living with a monster, there is always the fear that it will break down the doors and consume you.
An old Native American story once described the conflict this way: There are two wolves fighting for power and dominion in your soul. Two wolves - the white wolf fighting for virtue, the black wolf fighting for vice, - both eternal, and both desperately hungry. Ultimately, the story asks the question "Which one will win?"
The simple answer is, "Whichever one you feed." In the end, it is your thoughts and actions that feed the wolves. You determine which wolf is fed and which wolf starves; which wolf has strength to continue the fight, and which wolf has to go back to lick its wounds.
The battle described in this story is well-known by the werewolves, but it is not exclusive to them. Everyday you fight an endless battle for self-discipline and mastery while things inside and around you feel out of your control. The consuming feeling of self-doubt and worthlessness; the despair of the human mind and soul is a greedy, hungry beast. It feasts relentlessly on your individual worth and self-confidence. Often it leaves you grappling with the question, "How will the battle turn out?" Will it be you or the nature of the creature that wins in the end?
How you answer those questions depends on you, just like someone warned me long ago:
"Do not feed the black wolf." He said. "He will try everything to subject you to him; to make you believe you belong to him. But it is always in your power to feed the good, and starve the bad."
So, in the battle you're facing, you might ask the question:
Who will be the conqueror?