Do You Flirt With Danger? / Accidents Do Happen!

Some people take huge risks, dangerous sports, builders not practising safety rules on building sites,even in my house.I hold my breathe sometimes.
People risk their lives, taking selfies…some die. Mr Lee loved dangerous sports, white water rafting for one.People scale cliffs with no safety measures, walk tight ropes, take high dives into the sea, tightrope walk between high rise buildings. Some love danger, my cousin is one and can climb almost anything. Even driving or crossing the road has its dangers.
Accidents are waiting to happen…
Have you had some near misses or bad accidents?

I was atop a ladder about 30 ft high cutting the branches of a tree. The branch snapped and I fell backwards.
The ground underneath was concrete and I was positioned near my well.
I might be killed or a paraplegic……Help!

I remembered reading about a man whose parachute didn’t open at 130 ft. He fell into a field, got up and walked out unscathed.
He said backwards and distribute your weight, if you fall forwards you will rupture every vital organ and relax, relax, relax.
I outstretched my arms, relaxed and meditated. Flew like a bird in seemingly slow motion. Adrenalin.
Fell flat on the concrete, landing between my well and a metal table on my back. Couldnt feel a thing. Always stay down for some time. I looked at the blue sky….was I paralyzed? I wiggled my toes, so back not broken! Rolled over, got up and made a coffee, not even in shock. Noticed a few days later I had hurt my little finger.
My friends asked if the ladder was ok…of course, it was tied.
I’ve had so many lucky escapes. The doctor didn’t believe me and a great many other people. But I remembered the advice of the parachute jumper for some fifteen years. Often wondered upon the seeming miracle.