Just A Thought

So I was at Whole foods in Memphis a couple weeks ago. I was buying food for my husband. My husband is not vegan and he eats meat. I was in the process of purchasing some chicken wings which were on sale. The cashier spoke to the lady behind me and stated “I know those are not yours”. She stated “girl naw that is not mine.”” You know I do not eat meat. “ The customer bashing me went on to say that she cannot even look at meat because it disgust her. I explained I was vegan but my husband is not. The customer stated to me that well it could not be her. At that moment I thought to myself how turned off I would be with someone with an attitude like hers. I am vegan and felt judged because I married someone who was not. I foundered at that time how many people I could get to go vegan if I treated them the way the lady in the store treated me? This is a lifestyle about compassion. Why do vegans have a hard time being compassionate?  I just don’t get it. Yes my husband eats meat and yes I talk to him about my lifestyle and he see the benefit of my lifestyle. Have I seen changes in his eating habits etc since we met, yes.  Would he even be open to the lifestyle if I had that kind of attitude with him? I don’t think so. Of course I would love for him to be vegan but at the end of the day when I was dating. I wanted someone to treat me right and I wanted certain qualities. My husband has those qualities. I was not vegan at the time we had started dating. I was vegetarian and transitioned to where I am now. I say all that to say that how can we , vegans convince anyone to conform if we are rude and nasty with them. Love covers a multitude of sin the Bible states. Not saying eating meat is a sin. If the Bible states love will cover ALL sins, imagine how many more people would be interested in being vegan if we treated them with love.  We catch more with honey than with salt. Just my little two cents on being compassionate. I will be visiting my hometown Chicago next week for spring break. I am super excited so I will eat at some awesome places. Some of these places are no where near me at the present moment. I already have it in my plans to visit the Chicago Diner. I will also visit Native Foods. I always have to hit up Whole Foods in Chicago. I will also be going to Minneapolis to check out the herbivorous butcher. Plenty of pictures to come when I get back. I will be speaking with you all in a week.