My ex-boss, who was the brain behind several successful
forestry projects, was also renowned to adore eating, drinking and
merry-making.
Consequently, he landed up with some health issues for which
he was put on a detox programme and had to follow a strict vegetarian diet.
One day he called me and confided how he was feeling
rejuvenated and recharged. He lectured to me at length on the benefits of a vegetarian
diet.Finally, he summed up exhorting me to become a vegetarian.
I hesitatingly
informed him that I am already a vegetarian for more than 25 years to which he
nodded in appreciation. I discreetly started making a move towards the door. Then, I mustered some courage and queried whether he was
still on a vegetarian diet.
He naughtily smiled and replied “Have you ever seen a lion
becoming vegetarian permanently? ‘’. I got my answer and left ruminating over
the famous quote “Do what I say and not
what I do”
