But what goes on during is obscure. Since we have choices, we can pick habits that will keep us happy and healthy, helped by a clean diet, exercise, positive attitudes, moral living. What is for our long range good is also for this moment's good. Goodness produces goodness.
Good habits produce happiness, and everyone wants to be happy.
If we substitute positive habits for those that harm us, starting right now, we create a healthier and happier life for ourselves, starting right now. When we exert our willpower for the most conscious good, we take positive command of our life. We are happiest and feel best about ourselves when we are fulfilling the needs of daily living in a positive way, doing something creative, and having loving relationships. Will-power is developed by setting goals and then fulfilling them on time. By forming this habit we control our mind and its impulses, rather than letting our mind control us.