Teeter tottering can describe the process we go through to discover the Will of God for our life.  Some of the great commentators tip the scales in favor of a life that is determined by our own hopes, dreams, thoughts and decisions.  God gave us a mind, use it.   Others say that the providence of God and His heart make all of the true decisions of value.  We are but leaves on a river flowing to the sea.  All things are planned out for us.  

These two divergent concepts always tug at our mind and soul as we attempt to move in His perfect will.  It would be helpful to understand the word "perfect" to attempt to comprehend His perfect will.  The word does not mean having arrived at an ideal state.  Rather, it's meaning is best seen in the definition of "adjust and correct".  We are brought to perfection in Christ as we see our errors and sins, then make corrections in our way.  This mid course correction is the turning 180 degrees in the opposite direction from where we were going.  It is repentance.  

Most likely God's perfect will is going to be found in the opposite direction from where we would intend to go.  It takes many mid-course corrections and changes to get us going on the right course.  God's will is found in Christ.  And, His ways are not our ways.  The shortest distance between two spiritual points is not always a straight line.  Joseph's line to rulership was anything but straight.  The Children of Israel went in circles to get to the promised land.  Even Christ's road in God's perfect will was helter skelter.   Parents from Nazareth, born in Bethlehem, hidden in Egypt, taught in Capernaum, died in Jerusalem.   How was it that the King of Kings was rejected, beaten and crucified, all in God's perfect will?