Easy?

On thinking it over, maybe we don’t inspire. We don’t change feelings, and so we feel that we’ve failed. With every failure (and there are many) we have to learn to deal with it and not get depressed about it. There’s always that bit of edge for vegans. Self pityingly, it’s ‘poor me’ versus ‘the advantaged’ ... or the ‘advantage takers’.
On a personal level vegans sit between two uncomfortable emotions – outrage and intolerance. We feel it but we can’t help but show it. If we’re feeling negative like this people pick that up. If we seem at ease with ourselves they pick that up too. It helps them identify with us (or not). For that reason alone we should move away from vilifying those who don’t agree with us – instead we should be encouraging them to open up a dialogue with us (easier said than done!!).