enjoying the process of change

With humility, we could admit that we follow fashion, then take the lead and go on to address what needs to be done in terms of repair. But however noble our repairs are, unless we find ways to enjoy the repair process itself, we won’t keep it up. It will look too much like hard work, and we won’t have enough motivation for the job.
By connecting personal fulfilment with practical repair work, we can make changes less painful and actually enjoy the work of it all. By deciding to become vegetarian, no longer using meat and products taken from animals’ bodies, we can improve our health and energy, but the big bonus is that we help animals get off death row. To achieve that, to be even the tiniest part of the eventual liberation of animals, this should be enough to make whatever we do satisfying. When we get serious about repair there are two things happening at the same time - we are doing something big for ourselves and we’re doing something even bigger for the greater good (which of course includes saving animals). It happens mainly by way of self-discipline and then, later, by enjoyment. It starts out as a selfless establishing of habit changes. Then, as we begin to feel the rewards of our efforts, the selfless becomes more clearly self benefitting, and with that comes a realisation that what we want for others is what we want for ourselves. Altruism is neither me-centred nor you-centred. It is really just a matter of striking a balance between common interests. Re-think altruism to make it fit the modern age and serve today’s biggest problems.