My last “last wish” — my “Wish of all Wishes”is simply this:  That you begin to treat animals as though they are equally worthy of Life (because THEY ARE).  That’s right, even if you were to ignore all my previous ten pleas — even if I were on my deathbed and had only one wish instead of eleven, I would wish for you to go vegan; even if only for one week.

“Go vegan?!?!” you ask, “Why is that more important than eliminating hatred, attaining a sense of Health & Wholeness, protecting the sanctity of the Earth, forgiving one’s enemies, building a vibrant Community, becoming One with God, attaining true Wealth or liberating our minds? … And why for only one week?”

Well, since you asked …

First & foremost, going vegan for just one week saves the lives of anywhere between five (5) and fifteen (15) beautiful, caring, sentient beings — innocent animals who would otherwise live brutally shortened lives of stark confinement & immense suffering before ultimately enduring a death most violent & most horrible.

Secondly, while going vegan “cold turkey” is admittedly challenging, doing so for only one week is more than doable for all of us. Plus, it is a simple Truth that all the amazingly Good Decisions you will ever make in your life will only bear the “fruit” of deep-seated Joy & lasting Peace if you make them because you WANT to make them — not because a dear Friend asked you to do so from his deathbed. In essence then, going vegan for me for only one week means that you can thereafter choose to go vegan for the rest of your life on your own.

And finally, going vegan actually fulfills — either immediately or gradually — every single one of my previous ten wishes:

*For there can be no sincere Kindness towards our fellow humans downtrodden and “less than” until we also choose to be sincerely Kind to all sentient life forms “lower” and “less intelligent” …

*For there can be no real Health for us humans while we continue to eat the dead flesh & mammary secretions of other species; substances our bodies are simply not designed to consume or digest …

*For our Earth will not survive unless we choose to cease supporting the meat/milk industry — the number one industry responsible for the poisoning of our air, the polluting of our water, the destruction of our forests & the starvation of our children …

*For it it is hypocritical for us to forgive our human enemies while we continue to behave immorally & disrespectfully towards innocent members of other species; we cannot rebuild our own communities until we can lovingly include all sentient life-forms therein …

*For it is useless to replace the hollow facets of our condemnatory religions with our heartfelt, Loving prayers while we are needlessly & heartlessly destroying our God’s other sentient creations …

*For there is no sense attaining “abundance” or “wealth” while our Souls remain impoverished by apathy & lust …

*For we cannot know real safety for ourselves or provide effective security for our families until all sentient beings are safe from US; we cannot cease being the victims of violence until we choose to cease being the perpetrators thereof …

*And it is useless to free our minds from the prison of lies & deception fed to us by the minions of our mass media if we continue to remain bound & shackled by the still-barbaric “norms” of our current culture.

And so, my Friends, we come to the conclusion of my eleventh & final “last wish”. It is a wish so very humble that it embraces not only all your fellow humans, but all of your sentient animal cousins as well — and it is a wish so very powerful that — if fulfilled — will improve every facet of your lives. And this Final Wish is essentially this:

Just for this week, be Kind to all, even when disadvantaged;
Just for this week, be Kind to all, even when inconvenienced;
Just for this week, be Kind to all, even when least inclined;

… especially when least inclined.

Amen … Let it be so.

“Just how destructive does a culinary or style or entertainment preference have to be before we decide to eat or wear or view something else? If contributing to the suffering of billions of animals that live miserable lives and die in horrific ways isn’t motivating, what is? And if you are tempted to put off this all-important question of conscience — to look casually aside and say ‘Not now’, then when?” ~ inspired by Jonathan Safran Foer

“As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot ever hope to reap real Joy and Love.” ~ inspired by Pythagoras

“Noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

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