A shameless plug for compassion

Are you concerned about the environment, water pollution, soil loss, rainforest cutting, worker rights, antibiotic overuse, world hunger, obesity and diabetes, bird flu and drug-resistant super-bugs? Are you against violence without reason? Do you want a sustainable future for your children? Do you want to avoid high cholesterol and heart disease? Do you think Michael Vick was wrong, and do you love your cat or dog? Will you cry when s/he dies? Then in your heart, you know what it is to be vegan. Now, it is actually a simple matter to align your actions with your beliefs.

Try eating a vegan breakfast for a few weeks. Then try eating vegan for lunch a few days a week, then maybe every day. Then slowly start having vegan evening meals. Eat fruit for snacks. Try vegan desserts — there are a lot of options these days. Without trying very hard, you could be 80% vegan or more in a matter of weeks. The other 20% will come in it’s own time or it won’t, but for whatever changes you do implement, your soul will be lighter and your health will be better. Your heart will be more open. Eventually you’ll wonder why you ever thought it would be hard.