Ok this was tougher than I expected. A friend is coming over for dinner tonight and she's picking up Chinese food along the way. I've had a chance to see the menu and at first I thought, no problem ... there's tons of veggie dishes on Chinese food menus. True ... AND ... there's often a lot of eggs in the dishes too.
Hmmm, my eye keeps wandering over to the Lemon Chicken ... is there a really good reason for me to abandon my vegan ways so that I can have this Lemon Chicken? No. I mean just because I want it and it sounds so yummy doesn't make it a good enough reason. I wonder what would be a good enough reason? Now if somehow she could pick up on my craving telepathically and showed up with Lemon Chicken, wouldn't it honor the life of the chicken more for me to eat it than have it go to waste? This could be tricky ... aside from the ESP and all, I would also have to dispose of all the food I already have in my home so that there wouldn't be anything else to eat. And then I'd have to poke holes in my car tires and hers so that it wouldn't be possible to go to a store and pick up something that I could eat. See what I mean? Finding a good enough reason is not such an easy thing to do.
I just called the restaurant to inquire about the MooShu Vegetables, that sounds good too, although I suspected there might be some egg in there somewhere. Damn, I was right. Moving on to the Vegetable Lo Mein ... I think that's a safe bet. I don't have it in me to call the restaurant back so this is my pick. I know that my reward at the end of the day is having made choices that honor animals, as well as my health, but that doesn't make it easy ... at least not yet.
I'm glad you're here
In March 2009 I accepted my own personal challenge to be Vegan for 6 weeks. I would say that I was 95% successful which I consider to be a major triumph. It wasn't as hard as I made it up to be in my head, and it felt good inside to be aligned with my intense desire to be someone who reveres all living things.
At the end of those 6 weeks I reassessed how I wanted to be going forward. And although I aspire to be vegan 100% ... what I'm choosing for now is to be vegan(ish). So what does that mean? Well, to me it means (and by that I mean today), that I no longer eat meat, and if I choose to have cheese, eggs or fish ... it has to be for a really, really good reason. And the really good reasons must be the exception and not the rule.
So why a blog you may ask? Well I'm guessing that there are lots of people like me who have thought about it or may be trying it and would like a little extra support. Here we can share what's hard, or in the way of making the vegan leap with humor and compassion, and without judgment or guilt.
I happen to be a Professional Certified Coach and have been since 1998. So let's coach! Yes, let's coach here online. I'll help you to identify the values you want to honor, see what inner saboteurs are lurking in the shadows, support you in creativing a compelling vision, identify clear action and even provide accountability if you want it. If you're reading this I know that you want something to be different with your food choices. Maybe you're motivated by health issues, maybe it's animal rights, or about protecting the environment. Whatever it is let's help each other create the food-life we most want to be having ... now.
At the end of those 6 weeks I reassessed how I wanted to be going forward. And although I aspire to be vegan 100% ... what I'm choosing for now is to be vegan(ish). So what does that mean? Well, to me it means (and by that I mean today), that I no longer eat meat, and if I choose to have cheese, eggs or fish ... it has to be for a really, really good reason. And the really good reasons must be the exception and not the rule.
So why a blog you may ask? Well I'm guessing that there are lots of people like me who have thought about it or may be trying it and would like a little extra support. Here we can share what's hard, or in the way of making the vegan leap with humor and compassion, and without judgment or guilt.
I happen to be a Professional Certified Coach and have been since 1998. So let's coach! Yes, let's coach here online. I'll help you to identify the values you want to honor, see what inner saboteurs are lurking in the shadows, support you in creativing a compelling vision, identify clear action and even provide accountability if you want it. If you're reading this I know that you want something to be different with your food choices. Maybe you're motivated by health issues, maybe it's animal rights, or about protecting the environment. Whatever it is let's help each other create the food-life we most want to be having ... now.
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