Loss

Tuesday 22nd June 2010
However loss feels we’ve got to get used to losing if it’s a matter of losing something-to-get-something-else. Whichever way it feels to us, we somehow have to take on the world of loss.
For instance, what does it mean to lose friends? Or lose friends’ acceptance? (Two particularly difficult losses for people who are moving toward becoming vegan). Perhaps on the up-side is loss of addiction, even loss of weight (if one is overweight). Whatever we lose, in order to make changes, at whatever level or cost or discomfort, the loss and consequent change might be worth it. Anything’s better than inaction or doing something that lowers self respect. If we aren’t doing what needs to be done, perhaps involving some loss or some change, life won’t seem so lively!.
There’s a lot of ‘good cause’ out there, to get involved with, and this particular cause of Animal Rights needs as many of us as possible since it’s going to be a major job, liberating animals.
Vegans want to get domesticated enslaved animals out of gaol. To rehabilitate them. We want them to have a life free of their slave masters. We believe they have a right to a life and that right needs to be written down so we don’t forget it or ignore it. Just as with the issue of human slavery it must be written into law for future generations. Some people will lose out, by no longer being able to exploit animals to make a living. But their loss is really their gain, since they won’t have to ignore their compassionate feelings in order to make essential money.