Part Two of Four...Comfort Food for Thought

Early February, 2009 -

A portion of her reply...


It sounds like you are looking for recognition, not in a prideful way but in the way of your friends and people close to you realizing the value of all that you do. Everyone deserves that, needs that. And it is a shame you don't receive more of it because you DO go far above and beyond.

I am not sure why some people have a block when it comes to recognizing the value of what you accomplish in the time it takes them to get out of bed but I'd hazard a guess it has to do with their own feelings of inadequacies and guilt, i.e. let me latch on to buying organic since I could probably drive to Whole Foods, throw things in a cart and plop my credit card down on the counter but I'll devalue true recycling, helping others, and actually making the world a better place for my family and everyone I meet because that just seems too difficult.

I had a similar feeling when I first became vegan and hadn't learned not to tell anyone yet... the backlash from some meat-eaters can get really ugly, as if I am questioning their lifestyle and choices even when I made no comments of the sort.

So perhaps, are subconsciously threatened by your ability to seemingly do it all while they flounder. The fact that you do what they believe to be impossible makes them feel vulnerable themselves and so they lash out. It's no excuse obviously.