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Going vegan: It might not work on the first attempt, (but) this one failure could make us even more determined.

What if I said, “Determination is everything”? What if I suggested that we should all introduce a little force on ourselves, to ‘up’ our self-expectations? We tentatively change. Perhaps then, we wobble. We look about for support. And this is the next problem, with this sort of change.        If you have become vegan you’ll know how hard it is to get people to recognise Animal Rights. We are always looking for support from others, where none can possibly exist. This is one issue over which people’s hands are tied; they’re involved in the whole mess, so they can’t speak up. And here we are, vegan, wanting others to agree with us, saying to ourselves, “Surely, any argument as good as ours must be agreed with?”

            But no, some things are argument-proof, like food. Vegans often underestimate the enormity of the thing we’re trying to pull off here - a vast social shift of awareness, coupled with dramatic boycotting of products in shops.

Support? No. It seems we’re not going to get it. In any other sort of major lifestyle-change friends give support, but not on this issue. It’s something most self-respecting vegans just can’t get their head around. We feel let down. There’s resentment. Even anger.

Do we sometimes purposely bring it on, this sequence of events, so we can feed our own anger, to fuel our own righteous indignation? And if so, how do we break that cycle?