Bionic Teutonic

So, I’m obviously enthralled with my circus class, and I’ve been trying to figure out exactly what it is that I like about it so much. When trying to explain it to other people I usually end up saying something like “it’s like playing on a jungle gym when you were a kid” or some other such thing which really doesn’t say much. One of the guys in my class says it’s like being in superhero training school, which is an awesome way of looking at it, but also not very specific. Part of it is definitely just a sense of play, but tonight I was realizing that for me, it’s also a feeling of joy at being able to do something that when you first see it, you really don’t know if you can do it or not. I got to thinking that it’s like the first time I can remember going up to the high dive at the pool. There is this hurdle of courage or trust or something that you have to get over in order to will your body to jump. I remember being a little paralyzed the first time I looked out over the edge of the diving board, totally unsure if I could actually make myself jump, but when I actually took the plunge, all I wanted to do is run back up and try it again. I got that exact same feeling at class tonight after trying a drop that I’d been a little scared of (but that looks amazing). That feeling is pure joy to me.