Entry 452 - Signs Meant to Scare not Repair

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4/9/21

Whenever I see those signs outside of restaurants and other food eateries that say, “Beware: This place has chemicals known to cause cancer,” I think about how absolutely stupid it sounds. That’s the equivalent of someone going bungee jumping and hearing, “Beware: You can die from doing this.” 

Well, no shit—you can die from this and anything else. With life, there is always risk. There is never not a risk, and to assume there isn’t at some time is to assume the position of ignorance, which is, in my opinion, choosing stupidity.

Driving in your car could kill you, walking on the street could kill you, meeting someone new could kill you. We are constantly surrounded by risk. Realistically, there is never a moment when the potentiality of death is not there. Why would you be afraid of the inevitable? If it happens, okay—you’re dead. What are you going to do about it? 

If you’re alive, cool—you’re still here. Are you going to focus on the million different ways you can die, or actually focus on what you want to accomplish while you’re still alive? It’s way too time-consuming to focus on an infinite number of probabilities of death you could encounter when you could be focusing on an infinite number of ways to enhance your life and the lives of those around you. Trust me, the latter is much more worth your time and energy.

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