Oppression is the negative outcome experienced by people
targeted by the cruel exercise of power in a society or social
group. It can also be experienced by individuals who often
have no group to share their burden of being ostracized. The
term itself derives from the idea of being "weighted down".
Ever get that feeling of being oppressed and pushed down. To think some people are incapable of oppression is madness, even the people close you can be cruel when they think they have power over you. The things you strive for and work hard for and desperately want. Things that maybe materialistic and things that may be to heal the soul as it were on a spiritual matter. However, sometimes they are thinking in your best interests, other times as i mentioned above it is a simple case of power and who can control you.
I like to be as optimistic as i can, but there are times when i can't and on certain issues my optimism fades. Opppression and power is a big issue. Its all around and seeing it everyday and having experienced it, it makes me angry and my blood boils. Globally it is easy to spot but not everyone cares, but then again not everyone can do something about it, or it wouldn't exsist most likely if they could. If thousands speak then they are listened to, if few speak they are pushed aside often.
However individually it can be stopped, i believe so anyway, little steps..before you take the global steps. If it is a cause your standing for, don't let other people pushed you down, as long as your legs and arms are working you can push back. If it is on a personal matter then find the courage to fight back to resist, no matter how hard your being kept down, theres always a reason to keep fighting for what you believe and what you want. Its hardly ever easy but its more then likely to be worth it in the end.
Personally i'm fighting, my cause is close to me, extremely close to me and though i have been pushed down many times in the past and in the present i'm determined to keep going. Its something close to my heart and although the person trying to oppress me is close to me, its something i won't, can't stop until i have done. To many people if may be seen as trival but to me its important, infact an important step in my life, one which symbolises my love, determination and my independance and my past all rolled into one.
PLP
