Driving through the curving roads on a rainforest path, the man behind the wheel who comes as often as he can to spend a night or two in the forest tells us that in the forest he feels small.

"You usually feel very big then?" I crudely make a crack.

"No, it's not like that…"

"It's a joke, just a joke…" I try to play it down. That good feeling of smallness was there, but I didn't know how to explain it.

But listening to Jon Stewart talk about a man he admires, using these words:

"You make me feel small. You make me want to be better. And to have that effect on people, I think that's best gift you can give to those around you."
- Jon Stewart

I think I've found some small way of what it feels like in the sheer utterness of the rainforest, as an ambling observer.

The rainforest makes you feel small. It makes you want to be better.