I am a true believer that perspective is everything...and man, did I get hit hard with it just now! We decided to go vegan. Ive been vegetarian for many years...I had arthritis so bad I wasnt able to lift my arms (my shoulders were BAD) and my knees were awful. I went to the dr and he said I would just have to learn to live with it. Someone told me to cut out red meat. I didnt like chicken or fish, so giving up meat altogether was not hard for me. My arthritis went away within a month. No lie! Well, after my boy Alex passed (yes my dog, but truly my heart) I started looking into rescue...something to honor his companionship. Longer story shorter, I became aware of animal cruelty in all of its ugly forms. So being vegetarian became something with more meaning than just a necessity for my health. I dont buy milk, but have bought eggs for my dogs. I liked buying the unfertilized ones from friends...anyway...I still ate at restaurants and ate cheese there, or didnt bother to think about whether or not something had eggs or dairy in it. Wednesday we decided to go vegan. Nothing at all that has animal products or even honey. My decision is based on how animals are treated for mass production and financial gain. It is abhorrent (check out ALL the words used to define that word in the dictionary and they all apply). Again, longer story shorter, back to perspective...we kept talking back and forth about how hard it was going to be to give up eating certain items at our fav restaurants, etc...and then I read something that changed it all! Its only hard if I focus on me...its going to be a piece of eggless cake if I focus on the cruelty that bothers me...just had to share
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 03:09:51 +0000
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