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In my own case I saw the advantages of a plant based diet
but feared taking the first step, and for good reason. You don’t have to be
Einstein to see where all this is going to lead to. The nobility of the idea was exciting in
theory, but the practical implications were scary. I could see all the weaponry I was going to
have to use, to get me by. I saw the
difficulty of it and started to build my defences.
But as it happened, going vegan was almost like falling in
love! Quite a surprise, mainly to do with my capability. It was the cloud passing in front of the sun
and passing on, the eureka moment of my brand of truth - seeing quite
clearly that there was no need to make any use of animals. It’s like living on
a main road and getting used to the fumes, not realising that fresh air
actually exists; liberating animals is simply a way of strengthening ourselves.
And following from that, I now had a
purpose which fitted me like a glove, it made sense to go beyond myself towards
‘the other’; exciting theory - the challenge of committing to something bigger
than myself.
I made a list of everything I could think of which I’d no
longer be using - I’d be avoiding hundreds of products I was attracted to. I’d
be either having to do without them or having to find replacements for them, and
when nothing was available, facing the fact that I wouldn’t be giving in to
temptation. A relatively small price to pay for my empathy for ‘the other’.
My life was going to be difficult, but nothing compared to
what farm animals are going through. By
comparison, my ‘lifestyle difficulties’ would pale into insignificance, so a
little sacrifice on my part would be hardly worth a mention. Is hardly worth a mention.
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