A couple weeks ago I announced that I was no longer vegan. Yesterday I posted a picture of a burger on Instagram and Facebook and as a result of that a lot of brew-haha has followed. There are a few people (to say the least) with hurt feelings and disappointment. Although I have no desire whatsoever to justify myself I do feel a certain degree of responsibility to be very CLEAR about who and what I AM. After communicating clearly that which I am how you choose to take that is on you. I AM not vegan. I AM AUTHENTIC. For over 5-years now you have had the opportunity to follow my life journey. The inception of this ongoing documentary and healing journey began by way of me radically changing my dietary preferences. I went from being a junk food vegetarian of 5-years who developed diabetes to a FULL ON HARDCORE RAW VEGAN. I hit the ground running, right out the gate I began making videos, sharing recipes, doing demos, creating workshops and making people happy. Most of the time I didnt know what the hell I was talking about but thats okay... MY HEART WAS IN IT and thats what people became attracted to. Here we are today 5-years later and I am confidently saying to you I dont see things how I used to see them anymore, in fact some things are now changing for me. These changes are coming by way of my diet. I want to remind you that although my diet has changed MY HEART HAS NOT. People seem to take for granted when someone shares authentically. I dont think theres anyone else in the entire YouTube and social media universe that has been more real and authentic with the world than me. Do you know anyone who has shared more authentically and truthfully in such a public forum than Brother Echo? When I was ready to talk about having genital herpes... you were the first to know. When I was leading a juice cleanse years ago in Hawaii and snuck off to have some food and broke my cleanse early... I immediately made a video that same day and you were the first to know. When I was broke and had no money at all ready to live in my car... you were the first to know. When I was ready to introduce meat back into my diet... you were the first to know. I want to be very, very, very clear. I am not here to pretend to be something I am not. I am here to give you the truth of how life is for me at any given moment. If you for one instant put your faith and expectations in me because of what I am doing today and tomorrow thats not how it is for me anymore, I understand why you are upset but I will as I always have, keep moving on. My promise to you is not to be vegan. My promise to you is not to be anything but Brother Echo and I will never, ever, ever, ever bend the truth or lie because I think theres something you wont agree with me on or because I might be embarrassed about something. I want to live in a world were everybody can BE AUTHENTIC and BE REAL in order to manifest that world I AM going to continue BEING ME AUTHENTICALLY no matter what. I love not being vegan anymore, not to piss you off, not because meat is delicious but because I woke up this morning and thats just the way it is. I love you, respect you and ask only the same in return. If you cant hang with that please unfriend, unfollow and bless your heart. :-) #iusedtobevegan -Brother Echo
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:49:21 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015