I'm sure you remember a time when you found a bird that broke its wing, or you experienced the family dog or other beloved animal pass away. You remember feeling love for that animal and rightfully so, we are truly beings that grieve and love and feel loss.
One thing that I have questioned in my own mind and would like for you to ponder as well is why do we chose to love some animals and not others? When we find the bird with the broken wing we want to take care of it, fix it, see it fly again. Our parents comfort us and help us to do everything that is possible to help. Then we sit down to eat our grilled chicken for dinner........Um, What!?
I wonder at times if we are just so accustomed to living this way that we don't really think before we act. I believe that there is no drawn line in the sand when it comes to being a compassionate person.
The animals that we choose to eat like cows, pigs, chickens, and fish are just as much animals as the family dog or cat. You may not have named them, spent time with them, or looked into their eyes with love. But what if you had? Just because you never make a personal connection with something does not mean it's not important.
So why are we choosing to eat some animals and not others? Is it because we find some of them cuter or prettier than others and so that gives them more value to us? Wait a second, isn't that called discrimination? Is that ok with us? Most importantly, does being discriminatory between one animal and another align with your values?
Some food for thought. I know that this is a pretty uncomfortable topic for most people. I'm not sure if that is because we are afraid of change, accepting a new truth, or if making a change is somehow an admittance of a previous wrong doing.
Whatever the case is, we are all here to learn and move in a forward direction, and hopefully to do so with integrity.
Love Animals, Don't Eat them!
Jessica*
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