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Samantha Rose Hill • Beyond Authenticity
As such, the will is the critical third discipline. We can think, act, and finally adjust to a world that is inherently unpredictable. The will is what prepares us for this, protects us against it, and allows us to thrive and be happy in spite of it.
Ryan Holiday • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Will (Spirit, Heart) Volition, or choice, is the exercise of will, the capacity of the person to originate things and events that would not otherwise be or occur. By ?originate? here we mean to include two of the things most prized in human life: ... freedom and creativity. These are really two aspects of the same thing when properly understood, wh
... See morereadwise.io • Willard | Renovation of Heart
“The will of God is not a ‘fate’ to which we must submit, but a creative act in our life that produces something absolutely new, something hitherto unforeseen by the laws and established patterns. Our cooperation consists not solely in conforming to external laws, but in opening our wills to this mutually creative act.”5
Richard Rohr • Breathing Under Water : Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
Will refers to that component's power to initiate, to create, to bring about what did not exist before.
readwise.io • Willard | Renovation of Heart
your will for you is God’s will for you.
Neale Donald Walsch • The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Conversations with God Series)
A big secret is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising percentage of the time—most people don’t even try, and just accept that things are the way that they are.
People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever... See more