Surrender
The island paradise teaches her a life-changing lesson.
Translucent aqua water lapped the small, white-sand beach as the weathered Cessna lowered to an airstrip, nothing more than a walking path at the edge of the tiny, remote island. Lush, thick, tropical foliage surrounded us. Geeta, the indigenous sage and pilot, pivoted the plane, positioning for her imminent take-off. “Do not forget,” she said, leaning her mouth toward my ear, “the greatest act of control, is surrender.”...