It's tough being part of a very small minority in any society. Sometimes you feel like the whole world is against you, and sometimes it is.
Vegans are different.
We have chosen to go against the tastes and desires and habits that we may have been brought up on, and do what we feel is right. It's tough, but we do it anyway. It hurts, but we manage. Sometimes we falter, and weaken, and slip back into old habits, but those habits are eventually shaken off again, and we start over. Veganism hasn't been easy for me.