ABSTRACT
We begin our life within the security of the womb. In these protective surroundings the human being lies in an attitude which he will later adopt every night in his sleep.
We are born with a helpless body, only capable of vague feelings of comfort and discomfort, without awareness. The baby learns in sequence: to hold up its head, to smile, to sit up, to crawl, to stand and to walk, and at the end of the first year speech begins to develop. The infant next learns to become toilet-trained. The toddler gradually learns to wash and dress himself. In the young child the development of the intellect and of the social skills begins to get underway, together with character formation. It is a long process, which is necessary in order to be able to hold ones own later on as an adult in society. At a given moment the apex of physical achievement has been attained. Then comes the beginning of the downward phase, with a slow decline in all the physical functions.
