“WARNING! This Produce Contains Lead!”

Daily Meditation 1,109–3/20/2025

“Aw, but the laser used to cut steel looks fun, mom!”

We’ve seen the warnings all over everything from packaging to foam coolers to lawnmowers to water bottles:

“WARNING. This item contains [insert chemical XYZ] which is known to cause [health problem 123].”

I’m not a doctor, nutritionist, personal trainer, or anything — I’m a random idiot writer.
I’m also not telling you to go out, scrape lead paint off your windowsills, grind it up into powder and then make Kool-Aid out of it with mercury, either.

The Meditation should seem obvious and clear:

You’re going to die.
Make sure that you LIVE.

Yes, we should take good care of our body and mind! Eating mostly well, walking enough most days, exercising often enough, maintaining a healthy enough weight, getting enough quality sleep, managing our stress, avoiding drugs, alcohol, or other negatives, etc.

But, we should also remember the framing of how fragile we really are.

You could literally have an aneurysm for pretty much no reason at all at 32 and pwomp — you’re a heap of meat and bones, dead on the floor, instantly.

You could hit your noggin wrong and poof. Dead.