Yes! I no longer eat animals and here’s why…
Although I detest the baggage the “Vegan” label comes with, I AM AWAKE and proud to publicly state that I no longer use or consume any animal products, nor do I support companies and brands that subject sentient beings to the barbaric practises of animal testing. I no longer see a difference between piglets and puppies and not afraid to say the only movie that ever made this Vegan man cry was Earthlings.
I’m also not a fan of religions, philosophies, and belief systems that claim animals exist for us to exploit and do with as we please, but that’s a story for another day…
A vegan lifestyle is a personal choice and a journey few ever have the compassion, discipline and conviction to embark upon, but I did my homework and discovered that the cheese, milk, bacon, and steak I was stuffing my face with were all slowly killing me in a variety of ways.
Ultimately, my choice comes down to one simple but powerful idea: I want to live and let live longer. If that means a gourmet sun-dried tomato and soy mince bolognese, smokey lentil and bean sprout burger patties, and home-made mushroom biltong instead of SOMEONE’s force-fed, tortured and slaughtered babies on my plate, so mote it be.
Despite the shimmering neon signs advocating the opposite, we are living in the digital dark ages where might is right and silence is paid for in blood. As a seasoned Advertising Copywriter, trust me when I say everything you think you know about “protein”, “fluoride”, GMO, and pharmaceuticals is propaganda and, as hard as this may be to swallow, Peta is not your friend because loving animals does not mean you have to hate humans.
A scary old scribe once said: “Convinced myself, I seek not to convince”, but if we frail creatures are going to prevail on this planet, isn’t time we accept the responsibility that comes with such bold claims?
The biggest weight off my shoulders is that I don’t feel guilty anymore because I know that for every bucket of genetically modified chicken I don’t buy, I’m taking positive action and doing my part to let the faceless food and drug companies know that I will not support genocide, no matter how pretty the labels or fantastic the promises.
A wise old shaman once told his young apprentice an ancient tale about the battle we face. He said: “Inside every human heart there rages two lions for control. The darker lion feeds on misery, fear and the lesser emotions while the lighter lion lives on joy, compassion, and love. The boy asked the shaman which one of the two lions will win and the shaman replied: “The lion you feed my boy”.
A wise old shaman once told his young apprentice an ancient tale about the battle we face. He said: “Inside every human heart there rages two lions for control. The darker lion feeds on misery, fear and the lesser emotions while the lighter lion lives on joy, compassion, and love. The boy asked the shaman which one of the two lions will win and the shaman replied: “The lion you feed my boy”.
My body is clean, my conscience clear, and my will adamantine. How about yours?
