npr: There’s a funny thing about the future tense: It’s all but impossible to deny. Take any verb, a
npr: There’s a funny thing about the future tense: It’s all but impossible to deny. Take any verb, append the little word “will” to the front of it, and suddenly, you’ve got a proposition that’s awfully tough to knock down. I will write, I will act, I will be — until the proposed moment comes along, until we find out, one way or the other, whether I have in fact done as promised, the possibility I will replenishes every time I speak it.It’s as if, through sheer force of “will,” we can achieve anything of our choosing.A Quarter-Life Crisis: When You Let Go Of ‘I Will,’ What’s Next?Image: Robbie Porter/Getty Images/Ikon Images -- source link