[ WP ] You stand at the edge of the roof , the streets twenty stories below your feet . You do n't jump . Why ?

*When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. * 
 
 True, I do n't think old Friedrich Wilhelm was talking about 37th street when he said that, but even with all the taxis and brightly colored umbrellas milling about far below, there's a certain challenge that's issued to the darkest and least predictable part of my mind when I stand here and look down. Odd, to think that even a tiny part of me actually considers leaping from the ledge. The fact that it only takes that small part to send the electrochemical impulses to my feet that will send me three feet forward into empty space is terrifying. 
 
 And yet I ca n't turn away... 
 
... That was almost a close one. That tiny, dark corner asks *why did n't I jump? * Well, because it's obviously super dangerous. I would n't survive that for sure! I turn and walk back to the elevator, adjusting my hard hat.
