I’m learning that capability and capacity are not the same thing. Just because I can step in, solve the problem, or carry the load doesn’t mean I always should. There comes a season when leadership becomes less about being the first to put out every fire and more about strengthening the village—sharing knowledge, developing people, and preparing other hands to carry the work forward. Because the village was never meant to rest on one back.

### Blog Excerpt There was a time when I thought the destination would bring the clarity. That once I arrived—once the work was visible, the goals met, the vision realized—I would finally feel settled. But what I am learning, in this season of reflection, is that clarity does not wait for arrival. It meets us on the road, in the moments when plans slow down and we are forced to listen more deeply. Our people have always understood this. In African-centered ways of knowing,