Publisher's Synopsis
"I stopped killing myself on July 18, 2018. That's the day I decided that I was enough; that life really was worth living and that I deserved to live."In this powerful memoir, Dianne Waltner takes us on an emotional journey from bullied child to spiritual seeker, from hatchery worker to dedicated animal advocate, and from being alcohol dependent to gratefully sober. It's a story of personal transformation, of learning to live a life in alignment with one's own values and truths.Growing up in a farming community, Dianne viewed farmed animals as commodities, created by God for human use. But as she learned to listen to her inner wisdom, she began to open her heart to the understanding that animals were here for their own reasons, not for us, and began to embrace compassion for all animals. She eventually learned to also extend that compassion to herself."I'm sure there's a fascinating anthropological explanation as to why the life of another person, even someone with a markedly different background, can profoundly influence our own. Whatever that explanation, Dianne Waltner has tapped into it with Evolving into Wholeness.Her story of growing up in rural Kansas and working in her family's poultry hatchery, her discovery of animal rights, and how the same principles of compassion that led her to veganism could also impact her personal struggle with alcohol, kept me enthralled from chapter to chapter..." - from the foreword by Victoria Moran, author of Creating a Charmed Life and Main Street Vegan "...This profound story of transformation and wholeness is a must-read for all of us. For we all have our challenges, and this book gives us the inspiration and the realization that we have the power within us to live from our true hearts, no matter what our life experience has been. I highly recommend this book."- Judy Carman, author of Homo Ahimsa: Who we Really are and how we're going to save the world and Peace to All Beings: Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul
