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Passion Fruit (Since we're talking about passion.)

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why I’m an activist. Do I love it or do I do it because I have to?

I’m a writer. I write fiction. Each morning when I wake up, I should be working on my book, but instead, for the last three years, I’ve been writing about animal protection and environmental ethics issues on here. For my job, I teach kids about issues affecting people, animals and the environment. Of course I work on my fiction after, or in the evening/on the weekends. My point is that my passion is writing. Not activism. So why spend so much time on something I don’t consider my passion?

The truth is that I’m an activist because the world requires me to be. Not that I think I’m so important that the world is depending on me. I think the future of the earth and all its inhabitants depend on all of us. Things are so bad in so many ways that I consider it my duty to try to make them better. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy it. I get great satisfaction from trying to make a difference. But I would not do it if I didn’t feel a sense of duty to serve. If I could focus on my fiction and live guilt free. I recognize that there are problems that require the attention of all citizens and so I do. I pay attention. I try to make a difference.

Many vegans I meet seem to have centered their entire lives on animal advocacy. I admire them. I believe that they love doing it because it is their passion. I fall more into the necessity category. Activism is not a choice for me. It’s something I must do. Writing is a choice. I do it because I love it.

What about you? Why are you an activist? Do you do it because you love it or because you feel a sense of responsibility?

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