I have just the right story to tell you, Aaron.

It shows that I do have free will.

I was working at a hotel, would sleep over to help out with breakfast and then go home.

I dreamt that my breakfast shift had ended, and I was jaywalking to the bus stop when a car veered around the corner, speeding. I was in the way. Driver mad at me. I mad at the driver for speeding. Then I woke up.

I finished my breakfast shift and I was already in the street, jaywalking, when I remembered the dream.

I almost ignored it, but decided to walk back to the sidewalk and use the regular crosswalk on the corner. Then, that same car and the same driver of my dream veered around the corner, speeding. I could look into the car and it was really the same person, whom I had never seen before or since.

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The dream was and wasn't telling me what was going to happen. The dream told me what was going to happen if I kept doing what I intended to do. But the dream also caused me to experiment and walk back to the sidewalk, not knowing if the dream had just been a dream or not. Then the car did appear.

So, everything was the same: me, the street, the car, the driver. But I did change my mind. I did have the free will to change my mind.

Naturally, I cannot use my free will to turn the world into a sane place. I am not overestimating my 'powers'.

Yet I know that my decisions influence the outcomes. The solar panels on my roof help the world in a tiny fashion. The bike ride instead of the car ride does make a difference, small as it may be.

So, there is no question. The truth is found in its specific little corner, not black or white, but colored, and of the same small size as I am.

Good article, Aaron.