“Every
clarification breeds new questions.”
Hello
there! May sunshine, good thought and
well wishes pour down upon you today with a spritz of smiles to carry you
through. We each author our own day so
may yours end up a most brilliant novel!
If
you will lend me your eyes, I’d like to clarify something about me (Chucky). Contrary to what some of my words may lead
you to believe, I am most definitely not a radical vegetarian. I don’t wake up each and every morning hoping
to convert at least one person to the plant side.
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| "The Seed" is an animal too. |
Granted,
I get intense sometimes and constantly exacerbate the words “dead animal flesh”. Let me assure you that these are only words
and do not truly reflect my given purpose of being a vegetarian. Why do I choose those words d.a.f.? I read someone’s blog and fell in love with
the expression. Basically, using these words
reminds me that we’re all animals. What
makes me more or less than a chicken, a dog, a horse, a bird or any other
animal? In my mind, I am live animal
flesh and am not the main course of another creature’s diet. Why would another animal feel differently?
Initially,
my choice to become a vegetarian was strictly for health reasons. At the time I chose to fore go meats (insert
refrain to use d.a.f.) in hopes of losing weight and addressing some
health concerns.
Along
my journey down the vegetarian pathways I have met like-minded people,
experienced alternative foods, and have read many, many opinions of other non-meat
eating people.
In the
course of the data assimilation I feel as though I have grown. I now care MUCH more about the planet and
other creatures around me. I’ve exposed harmonious
feelings for other living animals. Trust
me… I’ve changed considerably throughout my journey.
But ~
I am still not a radical. Almost
everyone that I encounter on a daily basis, my family and my friends are
carnivores. I have not converted anyone
to vegetarianism nor have I attempted to do so.
I have
met people who see what Tiffany and I have done and it’s piqued their
curiosity. Would it surprise you to
learn that Chucky almost universally warns these same people that it has to be
a conscious decision of their own making, not taken lightly as a whim? Anything that you do in life should be done
for the right reasons.
If
everyone did the right thing instead of what each of us typically elects to do,
would this not be a truly wonderful planet to live? If we stood up for what was right rather than
hide behind our entrapped feelings and the status quo, would that not be just a really freaky
thing? A really freaky nice thing.
But ~
Trust me. I may bark loud sometimes and
I may write some things that raise eyebrows, but I hope not judge others. I hope only to express my point-of-view. Not necessarily right and quite possibly
often wrong. But… but… trust me… I am not
trying to be condescending.
As I
mature as a vegetarian, I learn things that simply become part of my new
being. I don’t look differently upon
anyone who does not share my particular view.
Actually, I like to encourage a dialog instead.
Hi-dee
hi-dee Chucky’s-soap-box-rants-are-more-bark-than-bite-ho my friend.
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