Free Will () Novels & Stories

“We are the people who bleed in the dirt to make things grow. We have something you will never have. We have the courage to face the impossible and refuse to surrender.” ​“The variable of defiance,” the central pillar finally murmured, the voice softer, almost entirely stripped of its former arrogance. “It is not a calculation. It is a choice. A choice made in direct opposition to all available data.” ​“It is free will,” Silas said, stepping up to stand beside Thorne and me. We stood together, the three of us, a united front against the absolute. “You cannot calculate free will. And you cannot erase it without destroying the very purpose of your experiment.”

“I believe that fate pushes in the direction we're supposed to go, but we have to chose how to go there. We get to choose the path that leads us to our fate.” “Interesting,” he said, slowly digesting my words. “What if I don't like my fate? Do I get to choose a different one?” “No,” I replied shaking my head. “We don't get to chose our fates, just how we accept them. Fate is that the sun is going to set and we will be in the dark. There is nothing we can do to stop it. It is what is destined to happen. But we have free will, so even though the sun sets and there is darkness, we can chose to gather and light candles.”

But the great sage sadly shook his head. “Perchance lord Shango you have forgotten the task bestowed upon us by Eledunmare the creator of everything, we are but custodians of whatever aspect we have dominion over, do not for once think the elements you wield belongs to you. Every mortal is born with a free will, the free will to live his life as he sees fit, the belief that Orí the prorate of Ayanmọ (destiny) serves as a yardstick for their circumstance is not quite true, the mortals chose their own fate, and if it is their kismet that they forget us then so be it.”

Not defined by what was done to me but by what I’d built despite it. That was freedom. Real freedom. And it felt exactly right.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

I'd sold the house, and now, with my mother healthy again, we were heading overseas to start anew. Leaving wasn't an escape—it was the beginning of my freedom.

Meant proving agency real through choosing authentically instead of just fulfilling mechanically. "Free will aligns with divine design through refusing to accept binary limitations" was key. Was central requirement. Was condition making everything else possible or impossible depending on whether refusing happened or acceptance occurred. Binary limitations were false choices. Were Cole's manipulation. Were apparent inevitabilities that actually weren't inevitable when inevitability was illusion created through limiting perceived options to two possibilities when third or fourth existed through refusing to accept constraints that seemed fundamental but actually

--- Elena looked ahead. Not searching for certainty. --- Not needing it. --- Because certainty was never the goal. --- Choice was. --- And as they stepped forward together— As the new world opened without limits— As the past released its hold and the future remained unwritten— One final truth remained: --- Freedom is not the absence of control… --- It is the presence of choice.

“Okay…okay, tell me what yours mean.” I hesitate not knowing if I should tell him or not. “It’s Latin,” I say. “It means the stars incline us, they do not bind us. The phrase means that while fate — whether determined by the stars, the gods or something else entirely — might nudge us in a certain direction we are never forced in it. Free will exists, and the decision of what to do in any circumstance is ultimately our own” Larry stands and shows me his arm. Aside from the bird, there's one very small that I don't think I've bothered to ask him about.

But you will yell at me (if you concede and do so) saying that no one will touch my freedom of will with anything, and that My will will by itself, of its own free will, correlate with my natural interests, with the laws of nature, and with mathematics. Heavens! Gentlemen, what form of free will remains when it comes to coordination and limitation of mathematics? Does that mean my free will?

"It is not about friendship most of the time because I understand true human nature and what friendship means. I understand every human is trained to provide for themselves and care for people especially their family or someone really special to them." "Yes, all that makes good sense," Clark responded. "I also understand friendship is an opportunity for someone who is not related to someone to benefit in diverse ways, especially ones that will bring happiness at the end to both sides." "That describes friendship well." "Still, humans deviate from this set principles and walk the other way." "Sometimes, yes. It is why we have freewill I think. It allows us to decide what we want to do even be