Setting the stage

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There’s so much waste and cruelty and so much done against the greater good, that it makes some of us despair.  But it can also quicken the importance of the work that has to be done - giving urgency to the work of repairing rivers, forests and habitats, as well attitudes to animals.

         

Vegans, having somewhat cleaned up their act, by shaking off their ‘shadow’.  We can contribute to the transition to a peaceful future.  A vegan might see the beauty of animals and Nature, do them no harm, as well as try to come close to people who hold different views from us.

         

We have to lead by example, even if that means taking on a self discipline that keeps us separated from others whilst feeling no animosity towards them.  The last thing we need is that any person comes to dislike vegan principle because they dislike the vegan who introduces the idea.  We wouldn’t want the bathwater thrown out with the baby.