My Passion In Life In My Life

Ever since I was in my mother’s womb, music was a part of me. Music was a part of me because of my dad. He has been playing the guitar and singing even before him and my mom even met. I remember listening to stories on how when my mom was pregnant with me, he would play music and I would kick like crazy. Because of this, music was in my blood. I felt destined to play music. Turns out music became my passion. Listening to music and eventually playing it became my everything.

Morally, one may feel obligated to exercise Vegetarianism due to the inhumane treatment of animals throughout the farming process. The issue is that roughly ten billion animals are raised for United States food consumption alone. Animals such as cows, fish, chickens, pigs, and turkeys are subjected to

About a year ago, I asked myself a question why am I not a vegetarian? After all, I am one of the green kids. I grew up with my vegetarian dad in a small town. I even joined a club called “Tree Huggers”. I knew that eating a mere hamburger a day could increase my risk of dying by a third. I knew that the 10 billion animals we raise each year for meat are raised in factory farmed conditions that we hypocritically wouldn’t even consider for our own cats, dogs and other pets. I knew that I was not alone, we as a society are eating twice as much meat as we did in the 50s. So, what was once the special little side treat now is the main course much more regular. What if I told you, that we can change our world through our food choices. The fact

I had started a journey for a better and healthier lifestyle, but it took a turn and taught me about the Factory Farming and how our food is affecting our health , the environment and the cruelty toward the animals. Factory Farms are not the farms you see in a storybook or the picture you see on dairy products and meat products, they are quite the opposite. Factory Farm is a modern farm where they keep a large sum of livestock such as cattles , poultry, and fish in one area. According to ASPCA over 99% of farm animals in the U.S. are raised in factory farms for food. I had never realized how clueless I had been all these years about the meat I ate and I can’t imagine how many other people are still clueless just like I used to be about

To me, the most important information I learned was the conditions in which the animals are grown and how they are later on treated. The example was provided about the company Tyson, and how they take about 200 pigs and kill them all at the same time. Its horrifying to think about it, what the poor, unknowing animals had to go through before being killed. The company ownes these animals from their birth until they have been layed out on the shelves of the local supermarket. Another scary part about this is that you can't run away from it, and if you think that becoming a vegetarian will help, you are wrong. Meat is not the only thing that is being processed in the factories and being genetically modified, the same processes are being done to crops, fruits, and vegetables too. Just like meat, they are being modified, no normal food or vegetable can be grown all year round. Knowing what the food we eat goes through before making it into our mouths changes your

In March of 2016, I became a vegetarian in order to help solve the problems the food conglomerates caused. This was a decision met with various reactions. My family was supportive of my decision, always making sure there was something I could eat at family gatherings. Others seemed dumbfounded by the very thought of someone converting to vegetarianism. The conversation between myself and a person who finds out about my decision runs like clockwork. “Why?” They always ask – and I mean always. I explain that it is for ethical reasons, for the animals. Once I mention the animal mistreatment the conversation usually ends. The phase “ignorance is bliss” best describes how people want to tackle the subject of animal mistreatment. People will usually end by saying, “I could never do that.” I find it funny though, because I once felt the same way. I was someone who ate chicken with almost every meal but managed to live without it. My feelings about the food system was strong enough to change my entire

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Becoming a vegetarian simply solidified what I already knew about myself and what i already believed in, whilst also making a difference in the world. I knew that I cared deeply about all living creatures and since I would never hurt them, I definitely did not want to support an industry that did. The label, vegetarian, describes a human who does not consume animal meat. In my case, being a vegetarian is much more than what I eat, or rather, don't eat. It is what I believe in. I believe that animals are similar to humans in such a tremendous way, that harming an animal is equivalent to the harm of a human. This belief, engraved in my core, leads my way as a religion would with some people. It is the moral code in which I live

When I was in eighth grade, I had to watch a movie about animal cruelty in health class. I witnessed animals being abused and killed for the purpose of meat production. After watching that video I had made the decision to go vegan. When I first told my family about my decision, they were convinced that I would not be able to go through with it and attempted to talk me out of it. Whenever we would go out to eat, they would exaggerate on how tender the steak was to try and convince me to eat meat. At times, I almost gave into the temptation of meat and had to remind myself of the tortures that animals face. Cutting meat and dairy out of my diet was tough because everything my mom cooked at home contained either meat or dairy. Going vegan changed

The rise of vegetarianism and veganism attributes to one cause: the barbaric treatment of animals and adulterated products . Before I was a vegan, I was blinded by the supposedly “ethical and free-range” propaganda that the meat industries spewed at me. Unfortunately, I breathed in the miasmal lies, blinding me to the harsh reality and cruelty that exists within factory farms. Sentient animals were never intended to die and suffer in the dishevelled factory farms given that it wasn’t Nature’s plan to imprison animals into a genocidal assembly line. In addition, the looming threat of environmental damage and health epidemic caused by factory farms made me cognizant to the truth. Furthermore, as the demand for animal flesh magnifies continuously,

My desire and passion for helping others is intertwine with my personal and professional life experiences. Growing up in Guatemala, a third world country, helped me become the person I am today. My first twelve years in my native country taught me lessons that changed my perspective and shaped who I am and who I want to be in the future. From a young age, I had this great admiration for nature and in Guatemala I was able to admire it. I remember endless nights looking at the stars and patiently waiting for a shooting star. Nature was my play room. Life in Guatemala was beautiful but it wasn’t easy. It was not until I came to the United States that I begin to realize how much my mother had sheltered me from the violence and poverty that surrounded us. Sadly, my beautiful country is fill with corruption. The rich exploit the poor and laws are created to protect does in power regardless of their wrongdoing. In Guatemala, women are treated unequally because our society has rigid gender roles and has created a culture that takes pride in masculinity and machismo. It was well known in my small village that if a man found a female attractive and wanted her for himself he could “robarte” which translates to “steal you.” My mother and many other women in my family experienced this. My father was a policeman in Guatemala and he was attracted to my mother. My mother, on the other hand, was not looking for any serious relationship because she was only 17 years old. The city closest to

I am blessed and have been blessed since the day that I was born with many examples of life. I am the youngest of five so, I have seen the lives of my siblings unfold in front of me and this has taught me more about life than anything else. Each of my siblings has their own stories and troubles that they have lived thought and more than anything they have taught me how every person's life is different and you may come from the same place but your life can be vastly different. Of my siblings only two graduated regularly from High School my oldest brother, David, and my youngest older brother, Conor. While they are very similar in appearance and interests their lives form completely different paths after college David set out for South Korea for five years to teach English while Conor went to college forty minutes away. They each created their own lives and searched for meaning in their lives in their own way.

Without passions the world would not be going anywhere and there would be no advancements. People would not have the desire to do anything. We possibly could still be in the stone age, without any of the things we have today. These passions help humans to want to have great achievements and breakthroughs. They give us motivation to keep pushing and working. I would not be the person I am today, if I had no passions. My passions that keep me going in life are hockey, my career. and my family

In my life, I have always tried to find things that make my life more joyful and peaceful, and there really are three things that I can think of to best illustrate my love for peace and joy. The first is the willow sapling that, to me, represents the joy of my childhood. The second is the guitar that I first learned to play on, that represents my love of music and the peace that I get from it. The third is the postcard I brought back from New Zealand that represents my love of travel and adventure and the joy that it brings me. These things are the most important to me because they remind me to always seek joy and peace in my life.

I started my transition to a vegetarian diet approximately three years ago. I do not remember the exact date that the change took place, but I remember the important events that compelled me to make the decision. The shift was very sudden. Before I removed all meat from my diet, I was eating meat almost every day. I loved steak, seafood, cheeseburgers, ham, pepperoni, sausage, bacon, and many other types of meat. My attitude changed when I went online and found the health disadvantages of eating meat, especially processed and red meat. I realized how unhealthy my diet was in relation to fat, cholesterol, and salt content. This research started my interest in a vegetarian diet, and I eventually made the decision to take a tour of a slaughterhouse. My experiences there finalized my decision, and I cut meat out of my diet entirely. I learned that with the health benefits of a vegetarian diet, there are risks as well. A healthy vegetarian diet takes planning in order to get adequate nutrition. The more restrictive one’s diet is, the more challenging it is to get all of the nutrition the human body needs. However, a vegetarian diet can be extremely beneficial to one’s health provided that it is done properly and follows the recommended guidelines for nutrition.