Just for Veganinners!
Suggestion #1
- Go easy on yourself. Adopting a vegan lifestyle is about living in a way that aligns with your commitment to being a brighter, healthier, more-kindness type of person. Beating yourself up over slip-ups does not fit with that commitment at all!
Suggestion #2
- Fall in love with feeling better. We all know that eating a big ol' steak or wearing a brand new pair of expensive leather shoes feels dang good. Giving up that feeling good can be a drag. That is why we suggest that you don't give up feeling good, but rather replace what it is that you feel good about! Feel good about feeling good, about knowing you are doing what is right for you and that you making the world one big-hearted person better!
Suggestion #3
- Avoid labeling yourself. Labels define and restrict - living better is about expanding and growing. Really, having enjoyed a "vegan" lifestyle for years I have still never come upon a circumstance that was improved by saying "I am a vegan". Align yourself with your personal commitment and be what you are doing!
Suggestion #4
- Read, read, read! The more you expose yourself to positive information about a vegan lifestyle the more exciting it is! Read about the health benefits, the environmental benefits, the kindness benefits and passing up on a pork chop or wearing canvas shoes will seem a pittance to pay for all the benefits you will receive.
Suggestion #5
- Share the vegan message gently. Remember, people prefer to be touched by a demonstration rather than moved by words. Be a living example of a better, more positive way to live and watch how those around you are attracted to and curious about your choices. Remember, your commitment is to be a brighter, healthier, more-kindness type of person. Condemning & shaming others for their choices or trying to convince them you are a better person for your choices does not fit at all with that commitment.
Suggestion #6
- Avoid the negative and sensational. It is important to be realistic about the world and what an animal product based diet and lifestyle mean to the beings with whom we share the world, but exposing yourself to gory videos and photos doesn't help with that. I find it enough to say each morning "no being with whom I share this planet awoke today hoping to suffer and die for my pleasure."
Suggestion #7
- Stay humble. Regardless of how we try to cause no harm, we can not function as humans without causing destruction. Another of my morning rememberances is "I can not draw a breath without disrupting the life of another being". Knowing that assists me in remaining humble and away from the "I am better than meat eaters" attitude. Be confident in your commitment to cause as little harm and suffering as possible to yourself and others, and humble enough to avoid conflict with those who have not yet made the commitment.
Please let me be among those to congratulate you on your chioce to enjoy a happier, healthier, more kind way of living! The world is better for your commitment. I hope we have the opportunity to share stories! Peace to You Always, Jim.
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