a beginning life

A baby starts to crawl or walk, we watch so they don't pull anything harmful onto themselves, we watch for them to fall, and catch them just in time, we start telling them no, don't touch that, be careful, we put up gates, we lock  lower cupboards, we let them go as far as possible without major injury. If we catch them in time, if they listen to us, they survive.  Luck is involved, when they fall, they get back up again, but if they should hit their head on the corner of something sharp, they could be badly injured.  I have made it to seventy years of age, with all kinds of bruises and minor injuries, but I haven't been hit by a car yet, my heart did stop once, but luckily, I was already in the hospital and had an IV already in my arm to receive the blood clotting drugs.  Reaching seventy is wonderful, then eighty would be great, ninety would be nifty, then 100 years would be phenominal.  I've defied the laws of gravity many times, jumping out of airplanes, flying many hours in crazy weather over the ocean, and driving an autombile for fifty-five years.  A lot of luck, a lot of safety harnesses, and taking into consideration, the law of gravity in every pursuit in life.  Only one of nature's laws.