A seesaw only works if both people trust the other won’t jump off.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

A seesaw is a trust exercise disguised as playground equipment. Both people are only safe because neither one jumps, and the whole thing works on an agreement that nobody states out loud. Most of your closest arrangements are like that. A ride home, a group project, a secret, a friendship. Nothing is written down, and everything depends on the other person not getting off at the wrong moment.

Find the place where someone is counting on you without having asked for a guarantee. Stay on your end this week, especially on the day it would be easier not to.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which arrangement of yours depends on nobody walking away?

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