Changing The World One Person At A Time.

Being true to one's convictions.

Having a steady inner rudder and an outer partner in crime makes all the difference. Lately I have been wondering if it is so rare to have inner convictions and more importantly, staying true to them.

It is hard in today's world to stand up and do the right thing, yet, do it we must. Each of us can make a difference and if you aren't so sure about it just google Greta Thunberg. Now she puts all of us to shame!

Once we went vegan, the blinkers came off and the reality of our choices set in. Thank goodness, although it isn't always easy facing the odd headwinds from friends, family and others. Being vegan and aware of our planet has become second nature to Bob and I. Granted, a few years ago consequences to my food choices didn't often register on my mental horizon, but better late than never.

Yesterday I went to see a friend who has been a vegetarian most of her life but doesn't really see the point of veganism. Fair enough, but that hadn't stopped me in the past from chatting about those issues that are important to me because they just are and if we can't talk about stuff that rocks our world, what can we talk about? Honestly though, I didn't think that my take on life was heard apart from taking it as conversation fillers.

Well, yesterday, out of the blue she proudly told me that she has stopped using coffee capsules, returned to tap water and has even bought a dry vegan pasta, which she thought tasted rather well. She wanted to tell me, the vegan idealist, that she had done these changes which made me realize that each of us can make a difference. Because of our conversations this friend, who is only a few years off eighty, has decided to change a few things in order to help climate change. Great, isn't it?

Imagine how powerful it would be if all of us adopted a few easy changes in our lifestyle? We could rock the world...

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