Unbreakable Wills

I recently watched a video about will-power and bout how our wills cannot be overpowered. When things happen to us, we can choose how we respond to them, at least mentally. No matter what is going on in our lives, we can practice virtues such as patience, temperance, and endurance. "In every hardship," the video says, "there is an opportunity to claim your virtues, virtues that no force on Earth can take away, virtues that make you, as Marcus Aurelius concluded, 'A fighter in the noblest fight, one who cannot be overpowered.'"

I love the fact that, no matter what is going on around us, we still have our agency, and we can still think, and often act, as we choose to. We can claim and practice our virtues, no matter how we're tempted. Our wills can be unbreakable, so long as we continue to choose to let our wills remain unbroken.

Granted, this is all easier said than done. Even if we, theoretically, can always resist temptation, temptation can be very difficult to resist, with our personal habits making resistance either harder or easier, depending on what habits we have. Still, it's always possible to retain control of ourselves, especially when we have God's help in doing so. If we call upon God, He can helps us exercise our will-power, no matter who or what threatens to overpower us. With God on our side, and with our own unbreakable wills, we cannot be overpowered.