“It’s like you’ve been trying to get to the big city, okay?

And you’ve been walking barefoot on a freeway—a freeway through a forest.

You’ve been walking for a long time. Weeks. Months. Years.

And for a moment, you decide to step off of the pavement.

It’s that initial step, brain-sending-signals-to-your-legs, initial point of contact nerve endings-sending-signals-to-your-brain.

It’s the difference between earth and pavement.

Breathe.

Do it, you won’t.”