How does your "bark" appear?

Sometimes it supports us to look at something unusual… like this atypical tree bark.

What comes to your mind when you gaze at this image? Even more, what comes to your heart? 

My first thought is that it reminds me how alike and how different we are from each other… and that beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.  I may expect to see certain characteristics in a new client; however, he may show up very differently from my expectations.  I can choose to see the differences at what needs to be “fixed” (never a good coaching practice) or I can choose to be curious about the differences and what this person offers to the world. Hmmmm...

How does my “bark” appear to my clients?