Not all shoes are created equal or behave the same on the feet. There are shoes made of natural materials, no rubber sole.
One can be wise AND grounded.
(example: *Jesus wore sandals)

there is a good book talkiong about this, too: Born To Run - at Thriftbooks: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/born-to-run-a-hidden-tribe-superathletes-and-the-greatest-race-the-world-has-never-seen_christopher-mcdougall/249036/?resultid=8b5706f8-cf2f-48db-99c7-113e935c2a9d#edition=5851566&idiq=96524

We grew up barefoot. Went to school barefoot. Our feet spread out across the toes. The roads were hot asphalt that toughened our soles. It was a value to be able to walk on hot surfaces without being burned. Mom wanted us in shoes though. I wore shoes out the door, then stashed them in a bush and put them back on to go home. Dirty feet! Mom never said anything🥰
Still barefoot in my elder years and will always be, but not walking on hot roads.

I remember when I got my awakening, I was barefoot & bare ashe running thru the woods😀😂🤣

Yep, I was consumed with the Holy Spirit & as I look back on that time, and I have often, I thought why didn’t the many brambles & thorn bushes pierce my feet!

Well, I don’t know, I do know I was being guided to do many things in that moment of time that if someone had viewed it, …. Well let’s say would have in today’s world be construed as basis for the loony bin, lol!

It did start my journey into bare footing tho, but dropped the bare ashe, lol totally not acceptable, but hey I was on my acreage & the only thing I saw were a few squirrels!
While in my youth that was my norm, most of the time barefoot, but as an adult obsessed with shoes so the bareness encased & always sore!
I do know for sure tho, when the Holy Spirit is running thru your veins, you better ground yourself cause that’s some powerful ju ju!😀😃. Oh & the trees, let’s just say…magical grounding✨You will thank me later😉

How Shoes Are Affecting Your Health

https://grounded.com/news/2017/11/21/how-your-shoes-are-affecting-your-health

You are an electrical device. The electrical signals that move through your body power and pace your heart, fire synapses in your brain, and much more. Without electricity charging your atoms both positively and negatively, you simply wouldn't function.

The earth has an electrical charge, just like you do, and for most of human history we evolved to be in sync with the ground. We walked barefoot or wore leather soles. We slept on the ground, wrapped in natural elements. We were in constant contact with the negative electric charge of the earth.

What this meant for us as we evolved is that our conductive bodies were essentially receiving free electrons from the limitless quantity that exists in the ground.

And then, everything changed.

Good post, and I totally agree!
I only wear shoes when I have to - was never in a rush to get my children into wearing shoes, either.

I lived on a yacht for 20 odd years, so most foot wear was a no, no and being barefoot was normal.
Even now back in blighty and on terra firma when the weather is temperate I go without shoes.

....which is repressed when our feet are encased in restrictive footwear. Most modern footwear actually weaken our feet, sometimes to the point of deformity, by restricting their range of motion. Footwear also dulls the sensory input we receive from our feet, which leads to all kinds of problems throughout the rest of the body." ~ Erwan Le Corre