With Force Comes Freedom, if You Appreciate the Force

   With force comes freedom: Force yourself to do something, and you will acquire the freedom to be able to do it.

   I suggested this to a friend, and he shot back, "What if someone else forces you?"

   "That's different," I answered.

   As he walked away I thought about it. It usually is different if someone else forces you, for you aren't free to do something if you can't do it on your own. And, if someone is forcing you, you might not be acquiring the ability to do it on your own. There will be times, however, when you are forced to do something, and you do obtain that ability to do it on your own. Those times, I suggest, are limited to when you enjoy or appreciate what the other person is forcing you to do. You more or less say, Thanks for forcing me to do that, and then do it on your own.
  So, let's restate the theorum. This isn't as quotable, but it is more accurate: With force comes freedom, if you enjoy or appreciate what you are being forced to do.