A lot of people ask this, like being a vegan is like choosing to be a food eunuch and that I must either be crazy or weird. Well, maybe I am, but I don't think making a change that may well be the key to saving the World is either crazy or weird. Frankly, I think it's the opposite. Though that said, I am pro-choice, and do not/will not barrage my friends and family with anti-meat pamphlets or spike their coffee with soy (though I am open to discussion and will ply them with amazing vegan chocolate cakes and other delectables). I can choose the right thing for myself. That is what's important to me.
After 21 years of firm vegetarianism I realised that all of the excuses I gave myself for continuing to indulge in Animal-by products were a lie. A comforting lie that let me pour cheese on top of everything cause its okay, milking a cow, well, it doesn't kill them. Or to eat eggs, scrambled, poached, with soldiers, also doesn't kill the chickens and if it's 'Free range' then it's not cruel, right? Right? No, not right. I know that. You know that.
A year ago I was pushed into re-evaluation of my eating and lifestyle choices by the book 'Eating Animals' by Jonathan Safran Foer, and I am sure I am not the only one who had a vegan epiphany during or after this book. It was a reminder of what is really going on and why it was time to stop blinding my eyes and start living my life to match my beliefs in truth, beauty and love. Eating animals, or what comes out of animals doesn't fit in any of those categories. It's a lie, it aint pretty and it's the absolute opposite of love..
So I said goodbye to my ice-cream with Milo, my weekend Scrambled eggs on toast and my cheese on top of the world and said hello to reality. And hello to amazing Vegan food!
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| Sunset - Melbourne Cemetery.. |
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