"Raw Beauty Revealed"

“By allowing yourself to be, you allow the other in the encounter also to be. The act of being gives them permission to freely express all that is necessary in order for true healing to occur. There are no false fronts, no cover-ups, no repressed emotions, just raw beauty revealed. This is authentic servant leadership – being in such a way as to provide support to another, leading them to the depths of their own being, enabling them to discover the spirit within which will strengthen them as they journey through difficult times in their life.”

Tammy Koenecke, from the essay “The Value of Being” in BECOMING AUTHENTIC.

Photo: Rock in the South Fork of the Flambeau River, Flambeau River State Forest, Sawyer County Wisconsin, October 2003.