Will Power

Having will power is something not everyone is blessed with..and those who have it, don't manage to use it all the time..I was just pondering over a conversation i had with a friend about that..so many thoughts crossed my mind and i will try to get most of them down here..i started by thinking, what do we need will power for? why do we have to have this conscience that warns us when we're about to do something that may sometimes be catastrophically wrong..and may, at other times, be a much simpler thing..well..to that, my own consciense answered and told me, if you want to know why i'm here, and why i'm always there in everybody's head, imagine the opposite picture. Imagine if no one had a consciense. Imagine if everyone did everything they ever desired and had no restrictions what so ever..Now, you complain about how sins and vices are so common those days that it's considered "old-fashioned" or futile to even frown upon them. What do you think would be the case if everyone who wanted to cheat, lie, steal, kill, rape, or commit any kind of crime, had the liberty of doing so. Even if you don't care about other people's safety, you will at least, care about your's. Right?So that's as far as why we have a conscience is concerned..Hmm..now that i realize why i have a conscience, another question popped into my head..When i get an idea to do something that i know is wrong, the little voice inside my head keeps telling me not to go through with it, it'll get you in trouble..you know it's wrong. But still, your little devil keeps minimizing the negative side of your action, and magnifying the rosy side, to the extent that you end up believing that you HAVE to do it. Can you see where it suddenly transformed from something that you KNEW was wrong, to something that you're constantly giving yourself excuses for?So here i wondered..what's the use of my conscience then? isn't it supposed to stop me from wrong doing?Again..my conscience took the liberty of answering that one. Here my conscience told me "No! And a BIG NO too! I'm responsible for reminding you and warning you that what you do is wrong..but that's where my role ends..the rest is up to you.."Oh! So then who's going to stop me from doing something wrong?My conscience had a very simple answer for that one..it told me.."when you do a good deed, who do u expect to take the reward and appraisal?" Obviously, i replied that i expected it would be me who should be rewarded.."Ok, and when you do something wrong, would it be fair if someone else is punished?" Of course not, if i do something bad, i should bear the consequences.."why do you believe in that? why should you be rewarded or punished for your actions?" Well, simply because i'm the one who decided, with my own free will, to do them! "Aha! There you go, you just answered your own question! You're the only one who has complete control over your actions, and you're the one who decides whether to do something, or not do it. Then simply, you're the one who should be responsible for stopping yourself from doing something that you know is wrong, and ESPECIALLY that you have ME to remind you, so you can't say i didn't know, or i forgot!"Hmm..that makes sense, doesn't it?I guess even if it seems so easy to say it doesn't, because that would take the responsibility off my back, deep down i would still know it's the right thing..But does that mean that I'm doomed just because i slipped once and did something wrong, even though i knew it was wrong? No, of course not, as long as you acknowledge that you did something wrong, feel true remorse that you did it, and vow never to do it again, then you have to be positive that you're forgiven, and that your wrong-doing was completely erased..not only that, but whatever punishment Allah was planning to give you for your actions, will become a reward for your remorse, and strength and courage to admit you were wrong.Isn't He lovely? Can you see how much He loves us? Thank God for that love..Bottom line is: YOU and only you have the power to stop yourself from doing something wrong..that power is called will power.Take care my friends..Can't wait to read your comments ;)