When it comes to Nick Cave and Dory (the blue tang fish from Finding Nemo and Finding Dory), I wonder where their will to go on comes from.

Nick’s will to keep on Pushing the sky away and creating better and better music. Dory’s will to keep swimming across the whole ocean without knowing the way.

Their will to keep going when it seems impossible. 

The Italian psychiatrist Roberto Assagioli says that will is a key aspect of personal growth. Our will is not just about our persistence, endurance or patience — they are just some of its qualities. Assagioli believed that will is a higher, spiritual aspect of being a human. It might sound like a chliché, but according to Assagioli, our will is directly connected to the meaning of our life.

We are the will. 

You can read more in my article in the latest issue of Backstage Talks!