Put down the fork.....

Maybe it's easier for us not to think about where our meat comes from or the incredibly cruel and brutal ways in which animals are treated. I mean, hey, meat tastes good, right? I certainly think it does, anyway. I guess I could refuse to think about where meat comes from and close my eyes to what takes places so that I could continue to eat it, guilt free. But I can't. I think that information is power and that everyone's decisions should be based on the truth, no matter how hard or inconvenient that may be. One should not shut it out in order to continue living life in the same ignorant, comfortable way.

I challenge everyone to watch this. If it doesn't bother you, then great. Continue living life the way you always have. But, if it does bother you, then I challenge you to do something about, even if that something is just spending a little bit more at the grocery store to buy free range. I don't care what your politics are or what you think about the nature of man or the proper order of the universe. I am not even saying that animals should never be killed for food. BUT, I am saying that humans have no right to treat any other living being the way that we treat the animals we eat. It is cruel and it is wrong. But you know what, nothing will change unless we make it change. And who knows, maybe we don't have the heart to put aside our own gluttonous desires, put down the fork, and make it change, I don't know. I would certainly like to believe that we are all capable of more compassion than to just sit back and accept the torture of other innocent life forms because we Americans like the taste of meat and can't be bothered to ensure that animals are treated with just a little bit of compassion.

I want everyone to know that even though I am a vegetarian, I am talking to myself, too. I cheat sometimes because I am selfish and I like the taste of meat. And I eat fish, too. So, even though I know the truth, I still have trouble acting on it. I know it's hard to change how you live and It's hard to exercise self-control. But that doesn't mean that we should never try. Trying is better than just accepting the status quo! And just because it may be impossible for all of us to become full-fledged vegans tomorrow, it doesn't mean that we can't take little steps to make the world a better place.