Shakespeare has told us the world is a stage and all of us are actors and, to a large extent, he is correct.  But, if we are, most of the time, just actors on a stage, who is the director?  We like to believe that we are directing ourselfs,but that is rarely the case.  Usually, we are guided and directed by forces and being greater than ourselfs, even though we are generally unaware of it.  We can be guided by God, the angels and the other Beings of Light, but only if we make a choice to allow them to guide us.  When we don't make that choice, then by default, we are being guided by Satan, demons and other beings and forces of darkness.  That is why one of the most important lines in The Lord's Prayer that Jesus taught is: "Thy will be done".