Will Smith or Will Rogers or Will Farrell

Will:  The power of self-direction or self-control; the power of conscious and deliberate action or choice.


More from our basic text: "It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly.  Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower.  We had tried to bombard our problems with it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with God's intention for us."


Our literature points out that there is a proper use of the will.  I was confused about this for the longest time.  We have a will and we're expected to use it.  The problems occur when we try to force outcomes to conform to our vision of the future, and it doesn't matter if our vision and kind and giving or totally self-serving.  I believe that our Higher Power expects us to get up and make some plans for the day, then point our hovercraft in that general direction.  Our Higher Power is not too thrilled when we ascribe this plan to him, her, or it.  Our Higher Power is perfectly capable of devising his, her, or its plan for the day.  No input from us is required.


Once again, I see the beauty of the middle ground.  Move forward.  Move forward aggressively and enthusiastically and with great purpose if you want.  But don't predetermine the outcome.  That's the improper use of the will.  The will is there.  The will is always going to be there.  We can't scrub away the will.  We can try to align it with god's purpose for us as best we can.