Archive for July 23rd, 2009

Posted on July 23, 2009 - by Jus

Meatless Monday

As a Buddhist, one of the hardest things I have had to come to terms with to be true to my faith is vegetarianism.  I’ll admit, I’m not a great vegetarian – I live with a husband who adores his meat and a son who has periods of vegetarianism, but then I see him craving it and I’m not prepared to deny him what his body is crying out for.

So we have meat once or twice a week at most.  My son also has ham on his sandwiches and my husband often goes out with mates for a steak, but at home, we are 80% vegetarian.  So it should be pretty easy for us to be Meatless every Monday, but I wanted to share it and encourage you to pledge to join Meatless Monday.  Why?  Obama explains… (yes, President Obama):