No guarantees, but we increase the odds in our favor. Regular exercise ensures strong lungs, heart and muscle tone. Physical fitness amounts to twenty percent of our well being. Taking care of our thought process takes careful consideration. Leaving it to chance by allowing other wrongly conditioned humans to educate us is not to be recommended.
Many people are in a constant sleep during their lives.
They become transfixed in a zombie state of mind - accepting all types of do's and don'ts as the normal way to live. To adopt this way of thinking will lead to many mishaps and perhaps an early grave. When someone is starving we can send him or her food. If we continually send food, they become reliant on us. In today's world, we need wisdom.