Walking with your eyes closed

Have you tried walking 30 steps with your eyes closed? The moment your eyes close, your most important sense shut down. You "see" with the other four senses. You hear, you smell, you touch, you feel your surroundings. And you start to walk. You feel a little fear, but that's alright. Now it's time for the first step. Your leg takes the first swing, light, your body's momentum shift to your airy feet, it came down as soon as your other leg lifts up. Okay, you thought to yourself, this is not so bad. Second step, third step, you think to yourself you will hit something right then and there. You took a few more steps, uncertainties grew. One more step, you feel almost helpless now. Fear of hitting something makes you slow down tremendously. You pause. And again. You ponder hard, whether to carry on. You are strong, so you continue to take slower and shorter steps. You pause each time. Cautious. You felt the urge to open your eyes, but you can't. You have to do this. Okay, three more, two more, and one more step. It's over. You open your eyes.

Walking with your eyes closed is like living through life with one thing you think you can't live without. But life is life, it continues with or without you. At the end of your run, hopefully you gain something in return of the thing you lost. But that's okay.