Power of attorney of power to will

What drives us? What unseen force pushes us forward? Is it a distant power such as fate or destiny? Or is close and personal such as motivation, ambition, dreams, and the will. Either way it doesn't really matter. People will use either answer as their excuse for failure or success depending on their personal preference or religious background. But no matter what the answer is, the topic is still interesting: do I chart my own path? Hollywood has even riden the wave and created movies showing characters fighting for and making their own destinies as in "The adjustment Bureau" and even a character using things to alter his own person so that his destiny in life may be more desireable, "Limitless" (sure it's not mainly about that, but that's what I got from it in relation to this post ;) ). If you look at it, both of those movies show two different viewpoints on the question mentioned earlier. One says that my destiny is not pre-determined as long as I fight for what I want long and hard enough; I make my own destiny. On the other hand the view is as such: My possible fates are A,B,C. If I do this action, A will result. But if I completely change my nature and who I am, I unlock a whole new option not previously available, option D. But, no matter what side of the table you sit on (fate or will-power) you surely must admit there is a grey area, a road where the paths intersect; the point when your own dreams and ambitions merge with your destiny; a moment of recognition where you see yourself in the bigger picture: fate. But before we can ever reach that point you have to somewhat know what you're dealing with.....you. There is no more complicated mess than the human heart, soul, and mind. But it's a beautiful mess, I think. The way emotions, dreams, and logic can all inhabit one person is beyond me. Though they all inhabit the same being they are not always equally dispersed. Sometimes logic dominates and we see a Spoc(k? ch? sorry trekkies I can't spell). Sometimes emotion dominates and we have the crazy lovers throwing all away for someone they feel a connection with. And then we have those dominated by the will............ The will (I believe) is the most powerful force inside the human breast. The will, will stake even it's very existence upon it's fulfillment. We've seen these people throughout history; people that would not stop, people that pursued. The world was too small for Alexander the Great. Napolean has been quoted as saying, "Circumstances? What are circumstances? I make circumstances." A passion inside of us that says no matter how high we climb, we are never satisfied. It's a hunger. It's the "I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest!" mindset. It looks destiny in the face and spits on it. It whispers in the ears of fate and laughs. You see the will, the will to power, trumps all primary purpose. It trumps destiny, until the will becomes one with destiny.

So what do I believe in fate v. affirmative action? To quote Tom Cruise in the Last Samurai, "I belive a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed." Where does God fit into all this? I couldn't tell you. Does this link up with the pre-destination debate? Probably so. Was I biased in writing this blog? Ofcourse I am, I wrote it. Am I tired? Yes. Can I sleep? No. Am I done? For now.