An end to pessimism

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For over sixty years vegan activists have been forming teams of animal advocates, each working to stop the juggernaut before it swallows us whole, doing it by boycotting the animal-abuse industry and all the other highly destructive industries. What we do is done in the spirit of optimism, helping each other to drop our ingrained pessimistic belief, that whatever we do we won’t even scratch the surface.
We do what we can do - we change to eco-friendly light globes, recycle newspapers, support organic farming if we can afford to and, most importantly, eat plant-based foods. Everything we do in this way is valuable, but if we think what we do “won’t make a scrap of difference to the world” then we’re doomed before we’ve even started. If we can drop our pessimism we’re more likely to avert Earth’s downfall.
If optimism is to gain strength, to become something more than just a nice idea, it must be substantial enough to carry us over the tough spots. It must be based not on personal success but on the greater good ... with ‘my interests’ put second. Then nothing can possibly go wrong.