It is often said that one should not compare their own beginning to someone else's middle. Comparison can be a dangerous thing. We all do it, even when can we try not to we catch ourselves because we're human. Theodore Roosevelt once said, "Comparison is the thief of joy." Not only are we guilty of comparing ourselves to others, but what I find most troubling is the way we compare ourselves to our own self image. In many ways I believe the intention behind the before-and-after picture is to show growth and progress. Here's the Thing, I cannot stand before and after pictures anymore. We live our lives striving to be better, but that doesn't mean the person we were before should be any less valued or recognized then the person we are today. True growth comes with having to truly look at oneself. Believe me, sometimes it ain't pretty but we only get one chance at this thing called life. I'm very troubled by the culture we surround ourselves with of c...
As with so many things in society when we make a choice to be part of a certain "group," with it comes stigma. When we say words like vegetarian or vegan people automatically make assumptions. Most of my life I haven't been a big meat eater, I also have never had the willpower to give up meat on a daily basis. In my early twenties I read the Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan and it would c hange the way I look at food for the rest of my life. I would go as far as to say that he is the most balanced food writer of our time. He writes about the meat and corn industries in the United States, and the issues that come along with corn-fed animals, and what happens when we consume them. He writes in a way that is so balanced, and ties in economics, history, and even politics without bias or judgment. He still takes his family to McDonald's in the book. I’ve seen the documentaries, and read the books bubt it didn't really change how I consumed animals even wi...