I took a life-altering decision

There have been major developments in my life lately. At the start of this year (2020) I was a non-vegetarian. Then the pandemic happened and reports said that the whole thing began at the wet markets in Wuhan, China. That made me introspect as to what we are doing to mother nature and maybe this is God's way of punishing us for the way we are treating animals and mother nature, in general. Over a period of a couple of months, I shifted to a purely vegetarian diet.

However, that was not enough. I recently came across a movement called the #CleanMilk movement initiated by the founder of PeepalFarm. In a few of his videos, he talks about how the very way of human life is proving to be brutal for mother nature. Although this was not news to me (and others too), however, I think we all so conveniently seem to ignore these effects of our life and it is understandable because these things are seemingly beyond our control in terms of immediate action. As in, we can't really do anything to fundamentally change the very ways of the human race because it's all happening at such a grand scale. Or is it?

What is this 'they' I'm talking about? I won't bore you with details because honestly, we all already know these facts. For example, the systematic, even industrialized, large scale exploitation and slaughter of farm animals like buffaloes, chickens, pigs, fish, etc. This man, Robin Singh, said a very moving thing in one of his videos and that was :-

"ARE YOU EATING THESE ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY ARE MEANT TO DIE FOR US? OR ARE THEY BEING BRED, RAISED AND SLAUGHTERED SYSTEMATICALLY, SO THAT YOU CAN EAT THEM?"

It's a matter of perspective and honestly, ignorance truly is bliss. However, I can't live a life

that is the cause of so much suffering to other creatures of the world. If you're okay with it then it's your personal choice. But if this has an iota of effect on you, then it's time to make an informed decision.

And that is what I've done. I've joined a program that will help me adopt a vegan way of life. By 'way of life' I mean, not just my diet but the very way of my life. If you can, get solar panels in your home, give up dairy because that industry supports slaughter and brutal treatment of cows and their calves. Give up on fur or leather because that industry is cruel at a whole another level. There's so much we can do to reduce our suffering quotient (amount of suffering our existence causes to other animals).

It is possible to live a happy vegan life. I was a non-vegetarian who enjoyed her chicken nuggets but something happened and now I am disgusted by the very sight of meat. This humanity is sitting dormant within each one of us. Go vegan and see the world change at an amazing level. Each one of us has the power to have an impact on this world, on the way of human life. We have seen it in many cases, how we can get justice of wrongdoing when we come together. We really can, then why not for these innocent helpless animals?

It's their world too!

~ToOdLeS~