As summer approached, Aria was invited to present at the annual continental conference. But this year, the invitation came with an unusual request. The conference organizers wanted her to speak not about restoration techniques or prevention programs, but about leadership in healing work.
"Why me?" Aria asked Master Corinne. "There are healers with far more experience."
"Because you have built something unprecedented," Corinne said. "Continental coordination that actually functions. Programs that achieve measurable results. Collaboration across territories that traditionally compete. People want to understand how you did it."
"I am not sure I understand how I did it," Aria admitted.
"Then talk about what you learned along the way," Corinne suggested. "The mistakes. The adaptations. The principles that guided you. That will be more valuable than claiming to have all answers."
