My first reaction being...no-one in their right minds would.
I can't leave it at that so I did a bit of research on the question and voila! It turns out that "How do you step off the top of a 100-foot pole" is a a story from Zen literature.
The poem that goes with this question says: "You who sit on the top of a 100 foot pole. Although you have entered the Way, it is not yet genuine Take a step from the top of the pole And the entire world becomes your body".
Simply put, when you are tired of facing life and its challenges, your body is busy sinking, longing for a rest and your brain refuses to even think up any form of hope...that is the time to get up and get back to completing that assignment, ignore the critics and know that you can do it. If not now, you will eventually. Just keep at it like Thomas Edison, Micheal Jordan, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney etc
It's all about shaking off the comfort zone and living life at every turn. Maybe I should forget about having a right mind and rather do things right. Here I gooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh!
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