Vic Asouzu
@vicasouzu.bsky.social
Each day I ask: what does it mean to be free, and to succeed, without breaking our bond with life or our reverence for it?
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Vic Asouzu
@vicasouzu.bsky.social
· Dec 18
The world doesn’t need more indifference. It needs changemakers.🌱 Those brave enough to live their values and act with compassion.
If you’ve felt you don’t belong, maybe it’s because you’re here to help create a world where you do. Authenticity isn’t easy, but it’s where change begins.
Let’s rise.
If you’ve felt you don’t belong, maybe it’s because you’re here to help create a world where you do. Authenticity isn’t easy, but it’s where change begins.
Let’s rise.
“Stop shoving veganism in my face,” they say, while their demand for meat and dairy shoves suffering into the world and quietly forces the rest of us to absorb the climate damage, land loss, water use, animal cruelty, and generational cost.
December 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“Stop shoving veganism in my face,” they say, while their demand for meat and dairy shoves suffering into the world and quietly forces the rest of us to absorb the climate damage, land loss, water use, animal cruelty, and generational cost.
Harm doesn’t just wound the victim.
It also fractures the person who justifies it.
It also fractures the person who justifies it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Harm doesn’t just wound the victim.
It also fractures the person who justifies it.
It also fractures the person who justifies it.
No child is born thinking another being’s suffering doesn’t matter.
We learn to look away because society rewards numbness and punishes the honesty of those who dare to feel.
Unlearning that isn’t weakness.
It’s waking up from a story we never agreed to in the first place.
We learn to look away because society rewards numbness and punishes the honesty of those who dare to feel.
Unlearning that isn’t weakness.
It’s waking up from a story we never agreed to in the first place.
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
No child is born thinking another being’s suffering doesn’t matter.
We learn to look away because society rewards numbness and punishes the honesty of those who dare to feel.
Unlearning that isn’t weakness.
It’s waking up from a story we never agreed to in the first place.
We learn to look away because society rewards numbness and punishes the honesty of those who dare to feel.
Unlearning that isn’t weakness.
It’s waking up from a story we never agreed to in the first place.
Awakening isn’t a beautiful moment.
It’s the moment you stop pretending you don’t see what you see.
It’s the moment you stop pretending you don’t see what you see.
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Awakening isn’t a beautiful moment.
It’s the moment you stop pretending you don’t see what you see.
It’s the moment you stop pretending you don’t see what you see.
For vegans only
Carnists, proceed with caution ⚠️
Carnists, proceed with caution ⚠️
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
For vegans only
Carnists, proceed with caution ⚠️
Carnists, proceed with caution ⚠️
The world won’t change because we wish it to.
It changes when ordinary people choose a little more honesty,
a little more responsibility,
a little more care.
It changes when ordinary people choose a little more honesty,
a little more responsibility,
a little more care.
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The world won’t change because we wish it to.
It changes when ordinary people choose a little more honesty,
a little more responsibility,
a little more care.
It changes when ordinary people choose a little more honesty,
a little more responsibility,
a little more care.
May all beings rest a little easier tonight.
May the frightened feel safe.
May the angry feel seen.
May the weary find softness again.
And may every heart remember, even for a moment, how to care.
May the frightened feel safe.
May the angry feel seen.
May the weary find softness again.
And may every heart remember, even for a moment, how to care.
December 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
May all beings rest a little easier tonight.
May the frightened feel safe.
May the angry feel seen.
May the weary find softness again.
And may every heart remember, even for a moment, how to care.
May the frightened feel safe.
May the angry feel seen.
May the weary find softness again.
And may every heart remember, even for a moment, how to care.
Future generations won’t see veganism as a diet.
They’ll see it as the moment our moral circle finally started to grow up.
They’ll see it as the moment our moral circle finally started to grow up.
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Future generations won’t see veganism as a diet.
They’ll see it as the moment our moral circle finally started to grow up.
They’ll see it as the moment our moral circle finally started to grow up.
Let’s be honest.
Most people do care about animals.
Most people do care about animals.
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Let’s be honest.
Most people do care about animals.
Most people do care about animals.
End the day gently.
Your heart is allowed to be honest without being hard.
Your heart is allowed to be honest without being hard.
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
End the day gently.
Your heart is allowed to be honest without being hard.
Your heart is allowed to be honest without being hard.
Most arguments against veganism aren’t about animals.
They’re about protecting the version of yourself that doesn’t want to change.
They’re about protecting the version of yourself that doesn’t want to change.
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Most arguments against veganism aren’t about animals.
They’re about protecting the version of yourself that doesn’t want to change.
They’re about protecting the version of yourself that doesn’t want to change.
Every form of harm begins with the belief
that someone else’s experience matters less than ours.
that someone else’s experience matters less than ours.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Every form of harm begins with the belief
that someone else’s experience matters less than ours.
that someone else’s experience matters less than ours.
Every time you choose compassion, even quietly,
you return a little more to who you really are.
you return a little more to who you really are.
December 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Every time you choose compassion, even quietly,
you return a little more to who you really are.
you return a little more to who you really are.
Most people don’t lack compassion.
They just learned early on that feeling too much wasn’t safe.
They just learned early on that feeling too much wasn’t safe.
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Most people don’t lack compassion.
They just learned early on that feeling too much wasn’t safe.
They just learned early on that feeling too much wasn’t safe.
Dismissing another being’s suffering doesn’t make you strong.
It only shows how much of your own empathy you’ve had to shut down.
It only shows how much of your own empathy you’ve had to shut down.
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Dismissing another being’s suffering doesn’t make you strong.
It only shows how much of your own empathy you’ve had to shut down.
It only shows how much of your own empathy you’ve had to shut down.
Veganism is only asking you to reconnect with the compassion you were born with.
If that alone irritates you, it’s worth asking what part of you feels threatened by it.
If that alone irritates you, it’s worth asking what part of you feels threatened by it.
December 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Veganism is only asking you to reconnect with the compassion you were born with.
If that alone irritates you, it’s worth asking what part of you feels threatened by it.
If that alone irritates you, it’s worth asking what part of you feels threatened by it.
No one celebrates killing unless some part of them is working hard not to feel what it cost.
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
No one celebrates killing unless some part of them is working hard not to feel what it cost.
Some people call veganism a lifestyle for the privileged,
but the cheapest foods on earth have always been plants.
What’s really ‘privileged’ is believing that harming animals is normal because it protects your comfort.
but the cheapest foods on earth have always been plants.
What’s really ‘privileged’ is believing that harming animals is normal because it protects your comfort.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Some people call veganism a lifestyle for the privileged,
but the cheapest foods on earth have always been plants.
What’s really ‘privileged’ is believing that harming animals is normal because it protects your comfort.
but the cheapest foods on earth have always been plants.
What’s really ‘privileged’ is believing that harming animals is normal because it protects your comfort.
Each morning gives you another chance to begin again.
Today you get to choose who you’re becoming.
Today you get to choose who you’re becoming.
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Each morning gives you another chance to begin again.
Today you get to choose who you’re becoming.
Today you get to choose who you’re becoming.
If you could wake up tomorrow with millions, your dream body, your dream home, your dream partner, but without the ability to feel happy, would you take the deal?
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you could wake up tomorrow with millions, your dream body, your dream home, your dream partner, but without the ability to feel happy, would you take the deal?
Most ‘anti-vegan’ replies don’t respond to the message.
They respond to the feelings the message wakes up.
They respond to the feelings the message wakes up.
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Most ‘anti-vegan’ replies don’t respond to the message.
They respond to the feelings the message wakes up.
They respond to the feelings the message wakes up.
Compassion isn’t a moral virtue.
It’s what happens when we truly see the person in front of us.
It’s what happens when we truly see the person in front of us.
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Compassion isn’t a moral virtue.
It’s what happens when we truly see the person in front of us.
It’s what happens when we truly see the person in front of us.
The people who fight veganism the hardest are rarely defending meat.
They’re defending the comfort of not having to feel anything about it.
They’re defending the comfort of not having to feel anything about it.
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The people who fight veganism the hardest are rarely defending meat.
They’re defending the comfort of not having to feel anything about it.
They’re defending the comfort of not having to feel anything about it.
When we grow up adapting to harm, kindness doesn’t feel safe. It feels foreign.
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
When we grow up adapting to harm, kindness doesn’t feel safe. It feels foreign.
If something in your life asks you to step away from your own empathy to keep doing it, that thing is costing you more than you realize.
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
If something in your life asks you to step away from your own empathy to keep doing it, that thing is costing you more than you realize.