While reading the beautifully written article, When You Look at an Animal What Do You See, by Justin Van Kleeck of the Sustainablog, I felt compelled to take a closer look at my own views on animal welfare, veganism and the human superiority complex.
According to some, you’re either vegan or you’re the devil. You’re a hypocrite if you claim to value life while consuming meat and using animal products. I respect everyone’s opinion, but I think there’s something special about a person who can present their opinion without judging those who have a different set of beliefs.
Here’s a brief quote from Justin’s heartfelt explanation of his point of view:
“I see the magic of a living being going about its essential task of living, of being what it is by nature. I see something so precious that for me to make it suffer, or even worse to take its life (directly or indirectly), would be the highest act of selfishness.”
Since I’ve been approached countless times about the ethics of eating meat, it wasn’t the subject that caught my attention. It was the tenderly straightforward and nonjudgmental approach Justin used to express his point of view.
Without any intentions to persuade others to eat meat or to stop eating meat, I’d like to openly share my viewpoint with all of you and find out your different perspectives on the subject. [Read the full blog article →]
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“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Today’s inspirational thoughts seek to inspire you to use the best of yourself to touch the life of a child, pre-teen, or young adult. This goes far beyond the four walls of your own home, so please don’t underestimate your reach.
The future of every country, state, province and community truly lies in the hands of its youth. It is through them that we make the greatest difference; yet many youth grow up without the life skills needed to reach their potential.
To nurture, protect, teach, inspire, and love your own children is expected; but why not shine your light on other young people who cross your path. Provide help for youth who didn’t come into this world with nurturing parents. Don’t forget about those whose parents struggle to provide for them, working jobs that keep them away from home day and night. What about the young people whose parents shower them with ridicule instead of love, neglect instead of attention, control instead of guidance, money instead of attention, preparation for the streets rather than preparation for college? [Keep reading help for youth...]
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by Nea on April 22, 2011
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These inspirational quotes on failure and success are a follow up to Wednesday’s post, 7 Ways to Make the Most of Failure. If you didn’t get a chance to check it out, just follow one of the links above.
What I hope you’ll get from this week’s focus on failure and success is a healthy dose of the motivation that we so often need in order to keep going. Instead of running from failure, it’s time to wake up and realize that failure and success are team. I hope these quotes will help you to embrace them both. [Keep reading quotes on failure and success...]
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Despite several requests for me to write an article on failure, I haven’t written one in quite some time. It seemed to me that this subject has been discussed so many times that I’d be adding to the overkill. But I dreamedb of failure last night and woke up to realize something very important.
It is not my purpose to judge what subjects are written about too often, or not often enough. I made a commitment to the readers of this site—my extended family. If, despite all the resources available on the subject, people still suffer from fear of failure or difficulty coping with failure; it is not time to stop talking about it.
I am a mere catalyst for the improvement, growth and development of others. Whatever insight people need along those lines, I’ll share over and over and over for as long as I am able.
I hope you’ll find great value in this post, therefore realizing that failure is the most important success skill of all.
7 Ways to Make the Most of Failure
1. Watch those who don’t fail. Take a look around you at those who rarely fail. You’ll notice very quickly that they are the people who rarely do anything worth talking about. They are the living dead. Paralyzed by fear of failure, they stop progressing, opting instead for the illusion of safety that comes with stagnation.
Even if you perceive the appearance of contentment, many of them are secretly miserable with their morbid existence. Life isn’t meant to be something you just sit back and solemnly observe. It is meant to be experienced, enjoyed, lived. To refuse to fail is to refuse to live. So, ask yourself if you truly desire such a life or if you have the guts to fail your way to success.
2. Stop wallowing in sorrow. Ok, so something didn’t go the way you hoped it would. Crap happens! This is not the time to weep, surrender and sulk. It’s your call to move forward. [Keep reading about success and failure...]
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“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.”
~Friedrich W. Nietzsche
There’s no faster way to thwart personal growth and development than to live with the perpetual need to be right. Being right about everything means having no room to grow, to learn, or to evolve. What a gift to never reach such a state, living instead with the promise of expansion.
Your potential for growth and wisdom are limited only by the extent to which you open your mind. Nonetheless, the ego seeks to pose a threat by leaving the sinking feeling that being wrong is somehow shameful. Today’s inspirational thoughts offer you a wake-up call.
Knowledge is not meant to close the doors of your mind, but to leave them open, yielding and flexing to accommodate the flow of wisdom as you evolve. [Keep reading inspirational thoughts on being wrong...]
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Millions upon millions of people suffer from vision problems, including myopia, hyperopia, blurry eyesight, computer vision syndrome, astigmatism, and more. Rather than teaching them how to naturally improve eyesight, doctors’ orders are typically glasses, contacts, or surgery. It’s all pretty standard, but there are those of us who just aren’t satisfied with standard.
While glasses and contacts help people to live with bad eyesight, they do nothing to actually improve eyesight. As for Lasik surgery, I couldn’t force myself to take such a big risk with my sight when there are so many natural ways to improve vision. [Read the full blog article →]
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When the rug beneath your feet is snatched away, what happens? You lose your balance, you stumble and you may even fall. But what’s next?
With bruises on your body, heart or mind; you must make a choice. You can lie on the floor weeping and crying out for what’s no longer there; or you can do what’s in alignment with your Highest good. You can recover from the shock, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and choose to make the best of the worst.
Oftentimes in life, we hold on so tightly to what we don’t want because it’s comfortable. No matter how much we need to let go, we ignore the call toward progress; choosing instead to hold tight to the false sense of security that blinds us. We talk about, pray for, and dream of a new desire; all the while holding on to what’s standing in our way. Does this sound familiar to you? Maybe you’ve lost a job, a lover, a friend or even your home. [Keep reading make the best of the worst...]
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As I angrily sped around a slow moving car today, I caught a glimpse of someone I barely recognized. Someone insensitive, cranky, impatient, edgy. What a sore sight!
She was me. Not the real me or the whole me, but definitely a part of me. She’s the me so clearly on display during rush hour traffic.
I can barely describe to you the epiphany I had at that moment. The Universe in action—providing tools, materials, and a perfect foundation for every human being, including yours truly.
I thought back to the lessons I’ve learned on the importance of being congruent. Yet there I was more incongruent than ever, a far cry from the person I so proudly present to the world.
Get to Know Yourself Better
Of all the things we’re thankful for; among the greatest should be the annoying, difficult and scary moments that reveal us to ourselves. Such moments expose the gap between the Higher Self and the person we’re living as at any given time. They open the doors of self improvement by showing us what we need to work on, the degree to which we’re living up to our potential, and what we’re not being honest with ourselves about. [Read more on getting to know yourself better...]
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