You know, literally, I see people jump off in the mud, you know, and just have fun.

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However, I loudly applaud John Franklin Stephens response which you can jump to at the end of this post.

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You could just lift your feet off the pavilion floor if you weren't in the middle, but if I was on the field of play I would just jump or hop.

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And yes, I know I am too, before you jump in to point avidly at the plank you've spotted in my own eye.

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Over time the action that you would once have cowered from, no longer terrifies you and the path of courage becomes easier to take over time That said, I am not going to jump off the trapeze again.

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