Closing our eyes doesn’t make violence disappear; it only closes our minds and hearts and enables the violence to continue.
Just because we can doesn’t mean we should. Just because we always have doesn’t mean we always have to. Once we know better, we should choose better.
One life matters – especially to the one whose life it is.
It’s a pretty amazing to wake up every morning, knowing that every decision I make is to cause as little harm as possible. It’s a pretty fantastic way to live.
We don’t “crave” animal-based meat, dairy, and eggs, but we do crave fat, salt, flavor, texture, and familiarity.
May our daily choices be a reflection of our deepest values, and may we use our voices to speak for those who need us most, those who have no voice, those who have no choice.
Sanctuaries are magical places – dare I say holy?
Don’t do nothing because you can’t do everything. Do something!
How often do we talk just to fill up the quiet space? How often do we waste our breath talking about nonsense?
Why is it that the people who seem to have the most to say aren’t doing anything at all?
Feeling anger is necessary; it’s what we do with anger that will make or break us.
Choosing to laugh doesn’t undermine the serious work we have to do. It enables us to do it.
There is a stereotype that vegans talk about being vegan all the time. The irony is, once people find out I’m vegan, I quickly become their confessor, counselor, and sounding board.
What’s the point of having beliefs and values if we don’t stand up for the former and live by the latter?
That is the ultimate question for all of us: do our actions reflect our values? Do our traditions reflect our beliefs? Do our purchases reflect our ethics? After all, what’s the point in having values if we don’t manifest them in our behavior?