This reminds me and it's worth mentioning to you and your readers that in Stoic and Aztec philosophies, as I learned from another writer and wrote about here ( https://medium.com/p/df758d99c956 ) will power has three prongs. 1. one part of willpower concerns the ability to do what is disagreeable,

2. another part concerns willing not to do something, and

3. a final part concerns knowing what you truly want in the first place.

In my piece, I thus rewrote the serenity prayer thusly: Gods, please breathe into me the strength to do with serenity that for which I have distaste; the strength to say no to burning desires; and the wisdom to know that my path will lead to what I truly need and serene happiness will ensue.