To Be Or Not To Be Vegetarian

[Excerpt from Guru Kaur's blog on the Be the Woman... Private Online Community for women...]

One day Grannie asked me, with some curiosity, much forethought, great seriousness and enormous respect: "Is Vegetarianism a religion?" It was one of those questions which is so on point that a vague dismissive answer is absolutely not appropriate. "No," I replied, "it's a way of living, a life style". "Well," she signed deeply, "that's a great relief all round," and the subject of food choices, diets, fads, allergies, intolerances, likes and dislikes was never mentioned again.

For me, what I eat is not based on any dogma but an understanding and choice about what I want to include in my life, what I want my body to be made up of, what I want to influence how I think; ultimately what I want to be, and what I stand for. Food touches every area of our lives. I didn't stop eating meat because I found the way the carcasses in the back of the local butcher's swung as if still alive a bit horrid. My diet is not how it is because I exclude things from it. Each item is consciously considered and then included.

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