tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post8988981619430925070..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: Atonement...veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-85072768663534483102013-07-08T20:46:43.599-05:002013-07-08T20:46:43.599-05:00Thank you for commenting Anonymous....and thanks f...Thank you for commenting Anonymous....and thanks for stopping your harming other animals. :-)veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-77638194091780403692013-07-02T07:53:14.709-05:002013-07-02T07:53:14.709-05:00I have only just come across your blog, and find i...I have only just come across your blog, and find it very encouraging and thoughtful. I have wanted to stop eating meat for a long time, and when there no others who understand your way of thinking in everyday life, blogs such as yours are most welcome in starting a new way of life we should all have been born into. So today I am beginning to a new way of eating. Thank you for your blogs, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-70078152317412877442013-04-20T06:48:55.982-05:002013-04-20T06:48:55.982-05:00Of course veganelder! Even through my rambling and...Of course veganelder! Even through my rambling and digressing - I'm glad I contributed something worthy enough to mull over. <br /><br />On the point of guilt and kids you're so right! How did I miss that? Sure... Parents and power figures do it all the time! Kids don't have the grounding adults have to be able to reject the idea of making someone else "feel" guilt. Hence weBea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-82490687721513979312013-04-20T06:26:57.400-05:002013-04-20T06:26:57.400-05:00Thank you for commenting HGV and Bea.
HGV: I like...Thank you for commenting HGV and Bea.<br /><br />HGV: I like your speculations re self-harm. I'm still too much up in the air re all this to be able to say much with any coherence. :-)<br /><br />Bea: Wow...with your permission I'm going to postpone a response much beyond a thank you for commenting. The content richness of your comment exceeds my processing ability right now. An adequate veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-45116650741392685342013-04-19T19:41:33.920-05:002013-04-19T19:41:33.920-05:00I can't speak for everyone... But as for me t...I can't speak for everyone... But as for me the worst kind of anger or regret comes from me. Others can blast me to the moon and back... But unless I own that guilt from within - Their criticism is ineffective. I suppose that's what's so difficult about self-atonement, self-forgiveness... Those of us who really care are often our worst critics... It's hardest to let go of the Bea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-41107498788800917172013-04-18T18:29:37.011-05:002013-04-18T18:29:37.011-05:00When it comes to forgiveness (especially when we&#...When it comes to forgiveness (especially when we're trying to forgive ourselves), my feeling is that trying to make amends is in order. You're right that we can't undo, and we can't repay, but we can resolve to do better, and step up our efforts to repair when and where we can. <br /><br />I'm quite fascinated by the notion that we harm ourselves as well when we participate inHave Gone Veganhttp://www.havegonevegan.comnoreply@blogger.com