It was exquisite. It was aching. It was scary and real. There was danger in that ocean—buried ships and the skeletons of pirates; red tide and great white sharks. And there was beauty in that ocean—an entire delicate ecosystem we might never lay eyes on. A world, free from the push and pull of societal pressures. I closed my eyes and let the thunder of the waves wash over me. When was the last time I sat and just listened…to anything?
