problems we can’t shake off

On what basis do we assess what is important and what is not? One person eats meat and thinks nothing of it. Another would sooner die than touch the stuff. We’re aware of these two extremes of view. We more or less know the reasoning behind each. So, do we consider morals, economics or our own image? Do we take our feelings into account? It’s no good giving up eating meat if we hate the idea of being vegetarian. We have to feel good about our choices, otherwise they won’t work. However the problem won’t vanish just because we want it to.
We have favourite problems that we enjoy trying to solve - like looking for healthier foods, making more money or deciding what to wear. But we also have other problems that we’re forced to face, which are hard to solve and which we’d love to be rid of. For instance, the nasty business of what they do to animals on factory farms to produce the foods we like to eat - that can make us feel uncomfortable. But usually we put this sort of problem into the too hard basket and as time passes, we convince ourselves that it is an "unimportant matter". We usually have the support of our carnivore friends in this. Eventually we don’t give it a second thought. We try to forget it for the sake of our own ‘peace of mind’. Yet it’s not that easy if we have a sensitive conscience or an inquisitive mind. There are problems about our world which just won’t go away - solutions are clear but implementing them make us uncomfortable.