Why I am not a vegan

[Diana]

It seems I find the most amusement in things that others find really frustrating. Whereas I will often get frustrated for things that are simple to others.

For awhile I thought maybe I was 'broken' in some way and not able to feel compassion. I'm not a very good comforter and sympathy seems pretty foreign to me. I beat myself up over it a lot but eventually I realized that I just view things in such a different way that when others feel like they are being most challenged, I see the most beautiful opportunities for growth. Thing is is that most people don't care to hear that

So, I often just remain stony and silent during serious, intense conversations and situations to hide the fact that I'm actually bubbling up inside. Maybe I'm addicted to challenges as there have been many times in life I have intentionally made things more difficult for myself just to prove to myself I can master the challenge.

I understand your point of view. You are not that different, at least, you probably are regarding the mainstream. We all have our own uniqueness, and we come from different levels of awareness, and that awareness is different for every perceivable thing we encounter.

It is difficult not to identify with being different when one only has to look around to see it is so. But that identity can be a problem in itself.

Most people won't care to hear about their opportunities for growth for the very reason these threads incite so much animosity. Not that this is the intention of at least me anyway (that I present opportunities for growth). Nonetheless, the same defensiveness rises up.