Will is the marvel of our internal effect on ourselves.
Toddlers are oppositional because they are in the throes of the revolution brought on by the internal revelation of will.
As the mind of a horse heading for the barn is marvelously concentrated on the feed that awaits him there, so even the most trivial immediate sensual desire can wipe the slate of our minds suddenly clean of any wider purpose or larger orientation.
A thousand days of no fixed intent can be summarized in an instant’s purpose.