We’re all familiar with “trust falls,” where you close your eyes and fall backwards towards another person. “Trust falls” allow you to show physically that you trust in your friend to catch you. Those are pretty neat, if you ask me. When you really let go, and fall backward, and they catch you…well, it’s a really special moment. That’s trust, man.
But I want more.
That’s why I’ve invented “extreme trust falls,” where you close your eyes and fall backwards towards another person off of a seven-story building. “Extreme trust falls” allow you to show physically that you trust in your friend to develop superhuman strength and agility (and possibly the ability to fly) in order to catch you.
Yes. I know. It’s possible you, the faller, would die. It’s possible your friend, the catcher, would spend the rest of their life wracked with guilt and shame that a) they let a human life slip through their hands and b) they are not a superhero.
Look, “extreme trust falls” don’t always have happy endings. But when they do work, when you really give yourself over to the experience, and you close your eyes, and jump off that building, and your friend catches you…that feeling you have, there’s nothing like it. Because a) you and your friend now share a special unspoken bond of trust that will live on always and will make your friendship stronger than the strongest steel. And b) you now know a freakin’ superhero, man. And with luck, you’ll get a mention in his special “Origin of…” issue. That’s a special moment, man, and that’s trust…
…TO THE EXTREME!!!!!!