Freewill 2021

I am a little late to my annual tradition of posting on Januarys.

There are some aspects to life that is not as random as we think it is. How would we have derived from randomness to our ability to have cognition?

Atoms have a mind of their own, as well as the star dusts that have contributed to the creation of Earth.

Those vital aspects to create life on Earth, to give us the ability to have a consciousness, meaning, and purpose, are usually seen as random. Inanimate objects do not have free will, right?

How did something random become something nonrandom?