Miami Vegan Blog

Three amazing things happened to me in the last week.

#1 - A vegan friend that I hadn't seen in a very long time showed up to a place I was. Moments before seeing her, I got a chill down my neck. In the past, this is how she described what it felt like when she knew I was nearby. I never understood it until she walked right in front of me on her way to say hello to someone else. I called her name and she was so shocked. We laughed for several minutes nonstop because we live so far apart, but still found our way to each other.

#2 - I was talking with a vegan friend about a vegan person that wanted to meet me. Within five minutes this person randomly called to say they were coming where we were. When he showed up, it was like speaking with someone I've known for years. Same philosophy. I also found out from his girlfriend that he and I became vegan the same way. An instant disgust for eating chicken.

#3 - I hadn't heard from this vegan man that I've been wanting to talk to. Today, I re-read an email message that I sent to him a long time ago. I wondered why I hadn't heard from him, but then I just let it go. I went out for several hours and when I came back, he had written me.

Being vegan tunes you into a channel or frequency that normally floats above most people's heads. Not to put anyone down, but being vegan is like nothing else in the world. However, people that are vegan for diet alone for some reason don't get that experience. It has to be an extra commitment to loving animals, choosing to do no harm and loving every sentient being, even with their faults that allows you to graduate to this special place. It's a small club, but as time goes by, I realize that it's meant to be that way. It's only for people that want it. I know vegan people that could care less about animals and people in general. They aren't tuned into the channel, they just want to lose weight or just want to feel superior to others. I call these "diet vegans". They are still vegans just not pure, in my opinion.

Anyway, I'm grateful I have the thing, whatever "it" is, that keeps me here. This is my identity and I'd be lost without it. =)

~inga~