vegan, grasping the nettle

It's the first big change we all need to make.

The human capacity to act destructively can take us into the diabolical zone. We are all part of the collective impact and fear there’s nothing we can do personally, as an individual, to change things. It’s as if we are part of something so big and so fast moving, that it continually overtakes any effort to stop it. So, we have to stand by and watch ourselves trashing the environment, as we progress towards the ultimate calamity of climate change. Our personal ethical standards couldn’t be lower either. Just look at the way we have let our animal farms become modern day death camps! And our bodies are going haywire. We are losing control of our health because of the rich foods we eat and the over indulgent lifestyles we lead. We continue to over-consume goods and squander resources - and we still won’t check it! We see millions of kids dying for want of food, while we have too much to eat. We in the West are literally dying from the shame of letting all this happen.
It’s not as if we don’t realise the connections between our own actions and the consequences. But we stand transfixed like a rabbit in the car’s headlights. We know we must change (should change) but we’re discouraged by the expectations of family, friends, society and our own belief that whatever we do we can’t alter the course of events. We live in a world where millions of children die needlessly and millions of animals are killed shamelessly. Yet we continue on about our business as if nothing bad is happening. It’s almost as if we dare not think about the psychological impact it could be having on us. Our leaders show no leadership either. They’re probably as nonplussed as we are.
So, it comes down to two things: One - The need to believe in the power to change and Two - That we can each be effective in setting off a chain reaction of change. It just depends on belief ... and grasping the nettle. It starts by becoming vegan.