Strength

Courage, strength, charm, compassion, understanding are needed when approaching a situation or person that is difficult.  This woman has found the the lions spot where the "itch" is taking advantage of her position.  We see that the lion's tail is between his legs, he's totally enjoying the attention.

For the moment, the lion is enjoying the left hand on the head and the right under the chin where he's being scratched.  If the lion gets out of hand the woman can easily take the lion by the head and give it a quick crack!  This will surely subdue the lion.  Not every situation requires "guns blazing" to deal with the difficult people or situations, sometimes just having a silver tongue, using intuition, then finding the weakness many times is all we need to overcome difficult situations or people.