### 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,