I was always a vegetarian from my childhood. But I am not a born vegetarian, means I am from a community where meat consuming is social. My family is the only family which was different from rest all from my relatives. That was because of my dad. He was such a man who hate killing an ant while he is walking on the road. He was such a wonderful person. I miss you daddy!
Okay, lets come back to the topic what I wanted to write today – Vegetarianism. Wikipedia describes this as "a practice of not consuming the flesh of any animal, including sea animals, with or without also eschewing other animal derivatives, such as dairy products or eggs". I am a proud vegetarian now! Yeah, I was not very proud when I was eating egg. I was thinking eggs which are coming to the market doesn’t produce chicken. But, now, I feel eating egg will not make me a pure vegetarian and I always wanted to be a pure vegetarian and I am now!
People turn to be a vegetarian because of lot of reasons – health reasons, doctor’s advise, somebody forced or asked to try, consider eating meat is a sin. The reason why I am a vegetarian is the last one. I don’t want to hurt anyone in my life – not a single human, not any other living creatures who have equal right as human to live in this very world created by the Lord Almighty. Also, if you are a vegetarian, it gives you a nice feeling! And yeah, it is really depends on the individual how they want to live their life. And me, whatever happens, whomever forces me, I am going to stay as a vegetarian and I am happy with that.
Be Vegetarian! Stay healthy! Feel good!
Here are some good links which have more information on Vegetarianism and its benefits. Check them out and decide!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarian_nutrition
http://www.vegetariansmart.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=0
http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp
http://vegetarian.about.com/b/a/256499.htm
PS: This is completely my opinion – I am not forcing or trying to change someone to be a vegetarian. Everybody decides how they want to live, so am I.
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