I will call this attempt #2. I tried once before to become a vegetarian and it didn't work so well.
I went a few months and then just got worn down by all the people asking me why I would do such a thing and telling me I'm crazy and to just "eat some damn meat". And the funny thing is...i never missed meat. I like veggies and creatively putting together dinners and lunches that don't involve meat products. So, this week I sat down again and contemplated why i started on a vegitarian journey in the first place. I don't like the idea that animals are treated inhumanely and kept in unsanitary conditions; not to mention fed growth hormone to the point where they can no longer even walk properly. I really don't like that Rain Forests in Central America are being destroyed for the purpose of providing grazing lands for cattle...cattle raised for the purpose of shipment to American fast food restaurants. I'm astounded that I was easily bullied into eating meat again. I guess i wouldn't call it "bullying", I just felt like i was putting people out. Like it was annoying to them that i was eating cucumbers...which is silly when you thing about it. People can eat what they want, but i really wish they'd stop looking at me funny for wanting to be healthy, and for having some compassion for animals. I figure, if I can't maintain a simple conviction like not eating meat in the face of adversity (passive aggressive adversity, mind you)...then i'm in trouble. So, Vegitarianism...Take 2!
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Just as a sidenote: I thought about eating meat, but only organic meat, since those animals are treated humanely up until the time of slaughter. But I decided that all around, I feel better when i don't eat meat at all. It just seems like the right thing to do, for me anyway.
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