“Alya and Gael have to trust each other. As acrobats in
Cirque Du Soleil, they sometimes literally put their lives in someone else’s
hands. Trust is a confusing thing, it seems so simple but when you try to pin
it down it can be allusive. I think of the way that my body sits on a surface
that’s new to me, unknown, and how my muscles remain tight, anticipating
anything and I’m constantly aware of that surface. Over time, with familiarity,
I can relax and start to lean back. For many of us, that initial tension exists
so much of the time. We expend so much energy watching and calculating, trying
to predict, reading signals in people, ready for anything to change suddenly,
preparing to be disappointed. So much energy spent. We talk about trust as
something we build, as if it’s a structure or a thing; but in that building
there seems to be something about letting go. And what it affords us is a luxury. It allows us to stop
thinking, to stop worrying that someone won’t catch us if we fall, to stop
constantly scanning for inconsistencies, to stop wondering how other people act
when they’re not in our presence. It allows us to relax a part of our minds, so
that we can focus on what’s in front of us, and that’s why it’s such a tragedy
when it’s broken. A betrayal can make you think of all the other betrayals that
are waiting for you and things you haven’t thought of and people you rely on.
And you can feel yourself tightening up, bracing; and in the worst cases, you
might resolve to trust no one. But that doesn’t really work. Trust is your
relationship to the unknown, what you can’t control. And you can’t control
everything. And it’s not all or none. It’s a slow and steady practice of
learning about the capacity of the world. And it’s worth it to keep trying. And
it’s not easy. Alya says that trust is like a fork --not one way, but many
ways: physical, emotional, and maybe something else. I almost imagine trust as
these invisible hands that we stretch out into the world, looking for someone
to hold onto as we walk into the unknown future. Alya and Gael began practicing
together as friends and now they are a couple. It took time. So who do you
trust and how can you grow it?”
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