I wholeheartedly encourage any steps in the right direction, in whatever time frame works for the person on the path.

Once people learn, it is hard to forget and go back.

Caring for animals means caring for the environment they live in, and vice versa.

Animal rights is a serious subject, but I do my best to find humor where I can.

Mostly, I make sure to stay keenly aware of my own shortcomings so that I am more patient with others.

Because I am all too human, I don't always do the right thing, so how can I expect others to perform perfectly on the issues that are my top priority? I don't mean that we shouldn't try to do our best, but judgment and recrimination are such heavy weights. I find that accepting that we are all fallible lightens my load.

When I see vegan food sold in single-use plastic containers, I get frustrated knowing that plastic is not really recycled; it is down-cycled to less and less reusable grades, and too much of it eventually ends up in the ocean - where it kills animals. Caring for animals means caring for the environment they live in, and vice versa.