We live in a world of illusions. Advertisers manipulate us
with images of the life they think we want and all we have to do to get it is
buy their product and that perfect life is ours. So we go out and buy the product or whatever
it is they are selling and are disappointed when nothing in our life changes.
Advertisers lie to us, politicians lie to us constantly and then we lie to
ourselves. We lie for many reasons; to maintain an image, to make others think
we are something better or more interesting and we lie because we want to
maintain some sort of control in an environment that at times seems
overwhelming; after all the truth can be difficult. Advertisers and politicians
get to us to think with our emotions rather than reason and logic and most of
the time we aren’t even aware that it’s happening.
With all of the distractions and images surrounding us it’s
easy to lose track of who we really are. We get tossed into categories that aim
to define and limit us, but that isn’t the reality. We are individuals, each
with unique personalities to be celebrated not restricted by a politician or
advertisers narrow definition of who they think we are or should be. There is
room for different opinions and different thoughts; that’s what this country
was built on. Being true to yourself is the best gift you can give.
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