Vegans are reference books

Contrasts jolt people. On the one hand we have the fit and vital individuals and on the other the ones who are sluggish and dour. There’s a lot of illness around, obviously linked to what we’re eating, particularly if we’re still consuming animal foods. With so much fresh information coming through, in books and on the Net, we see a chance to break free of all of this. We’re maybe shaken by compassion and a fuller consciousness. In the end, the impact of what we learn might make us want to disassociate from the animal habit altogether.
The more we follow vegan logic and the more it impacts on our own lives, the sooner we get our lives back on track and want to pass the whole idea on to others. Convincing ourselves about it all is one thing, but how do we convince others without sounding like preachers. How does one human speak instructively to the next?
We vegans need to be more like reference books. We need to be reference points for information and never be surprised when we’re asked for our suggestions. The contrast we make with conventional lifestyle is at the very least intriguing – people do want to know what we’re about; we seem to have thought things through and come to a conclusion and seem to have a few answers. We’ve got to welcome questions, even welcome the devils advocate. We should be like a book, not look like wowsers. And never come the preacher. The last thing we want is to be avoided out of fear of confrontation.