As I sat outside at the open-air cafe chomping on jerk chicken salad and staring past the bust of Buddha in the middle of the bougainvillaea-filled entrance, I couldn't stop thinking about the power of choice. Not just because the custom salad I chose was chock full of savory chicken breast and within the parameters of my new weight loss plan to "get my dancer's body back". But staring back at me was a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses; a huge symbol of my past.
Some might consider it the most intrusive first date ever. Others, the foundation for intimacy. We'd barely even introduced ourselves before probing deeply into each other's lives with questions like: What's working versus not working in your relationships, career, lifestyle or health and fitness goals?
