So You'd Like To Become A Vegetarian?

[veegan]

I dont even know where to begin here. I have so much I want to say! jskdfjd;fsd writing is certainly not one of my strong points, and it seems I am just having an even harder time putting my thoughts and feelings in to words tonight! lol especially when such amazing things have already been said! so bare with me, I will do my best. I guess first of all since its most fresh in my mind, I just want to just say that, Kater, you took every thought of mine and put them into even more perfect words than I could ever have even imagined. I mean there cannot possibly be a better way to have put my feelings of “why am I vegan?” into words. I want to just print that out and if anyone ever asks me again why on Earth do I choose to be vegan, I can hand them that. Seriously. Can I do that? lol You honestly nearly brought me to tears. I am speechless. I have been sitting here for nearly 45 minutes typing and then erasing, typing, erasing, typing, erasing. I cannot come up with anything to add/reply without feeling like Im just repeating what has already been said perfectly.

Mahayana- welcome to PT! again, Kater took the words right out of my head, “I want to compliment you on your ability to discuss this subject without evoking defensiveness from others. … Your style is something I would like to emulate!” It is wonderful to have another open minded, well informed, and patient (!) veggie here. (and a pacifist at that! ) I enjoyed your comment about vegetarianism and religion. lol that is something I have thought about many times. and what you said here:

“Since starting this thread I have been eating macrobiotic, just brown rice and vegetables. This is not a healthy diet in the long term, and when I tire of it I will change. In the present, I feel light and calm and centered, and connected to the millions of poor people who are eating meals similar to mine.”

was truly inspiring. I know that feeling. even with a vegan diet I feel that sometimes because I know how wasteful raising livestock is. however there are many times I just feel sick even thinking about eating because I know so very many people are suffering with little to no food. I feel selfish when I over eat and even for being over weight sometimes.

A&M- congrats on the self control! glad you picked those hams off! keep up the good work baby!