In regards to eating meat

[Ankh]

...I am busy also, as you are.
I know all about the daily suffering that occurs on this planet, animals, humans. My focus and work in life has been more on humans, though I love animals. Working with humans is draining. I just came home from a 9 hour work day with patients....the work is physical, but then there are all the social/ emotional/ psyche issues that complicate things.

Hello sweetheart. I am in a similar situation, where my work shifts are 10,5 hours long, and when I am not working, I take care of my daughter who is five. Besides this there are other issues to be addressed, such as: spiritual studies, duties/honors of another sort, friends, relatives and family to keep in touch with, paying the bills, shopping for groceries and clothes, cleaning the house etc. etc.

More often than not, I am buried with guilt of not doing enough, of not meeting my own expectations, and not performing my best. I think that I should try harder and do more, and that encompasses *everything*.

I think that I should recycle more, that I should engage more in environmental issues, not use any cars, but to walk and cycling, not to consume anything, not use too much power, too much water, and too much paper, and not produce any garbage, but to do everything in my power to save this planet, to save her resources, and to be the love and the light that shines for animals, and humans, and the planet itself; that I should do more things with my daughter, with my friends, with my patients, with my relatives, with my mom, with my granny, etc. etc. I also think that I should focus on spiritual studies more, and do my duties more effeciently, so that I can be more effective, and more loving, and more serving, and more understanding, and more happy; that I should take better care of my body too, by exercising more, eating better, and take care of my spirit too, and to do more work in consciousness... And... And.. And...

Ah... I fail to meet these expectations every.single.day.

You know what? There is always more that can be done! There is always more that you could do! There is always more, more, more...

Practically speaking, there will always be something that is in need to be done, there will always be something to be concerned with, and to be worried about. Whether it is food choices, animal rights, war, civil rights, and other injustices that exist in this world, besides all that practical third density stuff that we need to do, such as *take care of our families and go to work*.

With that being said, it doesn't mean that we should stop caring, or not doing anything. But stopping for a second, and just appreciating the moment, and appreciating ourselves exactly as we are and all the efforts and the service we are already doing - that's empowering, imho. And sharing that with other people, by building them up, is what raises the vibrations of the whole planet, right? And I never heard about guilt and doubts doing that to a person, but that love and respect does. And gratitude, and appreciation is what washes our souls, so that we can believe ourselves being that love and that light again, each equally admired and adored by the Creator no matter what.