What are the specific things that help with standing in night prayer?

Question:
I am falling short in standing in night prayer, even though I always wake up in the last part of the night. What are the things that help with standing in night prayer and maintaining it?

Answer:
A good intention and habituating the soul. A person habituates himself to standing in night prayer, then he becomes accustomed to it and takes pleasure in it afterwards. Yes. There is no doubt that the soul, at first, inclines toward laziness, sleep, and rest. So it needs struggle. Struggling against the self takes precedence over every other struggle; one struggles against his self for the sake of Allah the Exalted. So when he struggles against it, habituates it, and trains it, it then becomes accustomed to it and takes pleasure in standing in night prayer. Yes.