Repression Repression has guided us for all of history, regardless of if we've recorded the annals of time.

We repress and oppress, or we and our thoughts, our ideas, hopes, dreams, wants, aspirations and ambitions are locked away in the back of another's mind, destined to be eternally ignored because of the self-centered culture we must follow, else we must accept our being ostracized. But it is different today, for the average middle-class American. We still suffer under giants among men, made so large by smoke and mirrors and a silver tongue, but now they come together in corporations and conglomerates. These elite are so occupied with the liberation of our purses, wallets, and accounts of their various currencies meant to bestow power should enough be accumulated that we are trusted with the oppression of ourselves. We are no longer hidden away in the ignored thoughts of our overlords; indeed, we are no longer present in that sacred place. Instead, we are taught from birth to death to be corporate wage slaves and laborers, to replace our own ambition with contentment and our passion with the ability to "settle down." Our lives are, in a specific way, our own. We are free to ignore our hopes and turn away from our successes that might be if we only risk our meager wealth. It has become a perfectly acceptable response to slam a door closed in the face of an opportunity. We oppress ourselves. We know truths, but we are proactive in our desire to cover them with excuses and deflections. "Tomorrow I'm going to start exercising." and "One day I'm going to write a novel." are the norms in our nation. Our innovation is but an echo in time, a word thrown carelessly around meeting rooms and office spaces without meaning, enthusiasm or excitement. Creativity is used to make the powerful stronger instead of bettering the lives of everyone. The dream of clean water for all is driven no longer by the goodness in the human mind but by the all-powerful dollar, the definition of power.

We are made to justify our existence by thinking it will mean something, by trying to prove that it is not all in vain and that we as individuals are not going to be forgotten by the world, that we were ever noticed by it at all. In every person's heart, there is a secret unspoken desire to be remembered by history, either as a villain or a hero. As long as our existence has meant something, we are content with our death. This is why we consistently search for ways to prolong our lives and stave off the inevitable end of our blink of existence. We as a species want to be known as something more than a faceless mob. We all want to be remembered, so we agree to procedures and prescriptions that will keep us alive just a little bit longer. This way, we can continue to tell ourselves that we will accomplish everything tomorrow, that as the end draws nearer, we will pursue our dreams more vehemently. Given the chance, we'd say "tomorrow" for eternity, because why do today what we can do the next? To break the cycle of oppressing ourselves, we must stop repressing the truth. "I am fat because I ate too much when I was younger." is a truth, but it does not need to be. We focus so much on stating a truth as a fact that we forget that truths are dynamic. We must remember that a truth can in fact change and they in fact do constantly. "I am fat because I eat too much." is changed into "I am fat because I don't exercise." with our intentions. Whenever a choice is actively made not to improve our lives, the truth changes. The truth does not need to be a negative idea. "I am fat because I don't exercise." can become "I am fit because I put in effort." and stay true. As long as we remember that a truth is dynamic, not static, we can change our world.