Comments on: Burning personal bridges http://blog.vegansa.com/2010/06/burning-personal-bridges/ News and features for South African vegans, including new products, restaurants, accommodations, shops, recipes and foods available in South Africa Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:46:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dianne Pitro http://blog.vegansa.com/2010/06/burning-personal-bridges/comment-page-1/#comment-2344 Dianne Pitro Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:41:03 +0000 http://blog.vegansa.com/?p=531#comment-2344 I must say I don't have "attackers", but I do have still have 1 family member and some friends that dont follow my choice. I make it very clear that I do not tolerate "being made fun of". What I am doing is right and anyone (like colleagues, etc) who does not agree, needs to keep their opinion to themself. However, having said that, I do think that an opportunity exists with family and friends who are not vegetarian or vegan to keep working on them to be more compassionate and to make compassionate choices, by educating them, by leading by example, by sharing vegan food and ideas. Nothing will happen overnight, and its easy to get despondent when people simply do not understand, but I do think that little by litte, at least with some, we can make a difference. If I did not think that then 2 of my 3 (grown up) children would not be vegetarian. I must say I don’t have “attackers”, but I do have still have 1 family member and some friends that dont follow my choice. I make it very clear that I do not tolerate “being made fun of”. What I am doing is right and anyone (like colleagues, etc) who does not agree, needs to keep their opinion to themself.

However, having said that, I do think that an opportunity exists with family and friends who are not vegetarian or vegan to keep working on them to be more compassionate and to make compassionate choices, by educating them, by leading by example, by sharing vegan food and ideas. Nothing will happen overnight, and its easy to get despondent when people simply do not understand, but I do think that little by litte, at least with some, we can make a difference. If I did not think that then 2 of my 3 (grown up) children would not be vegetarian.

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