Years That Wait

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Some years you are still learning what to ask. You sit with the weight of not-knowing. This is not failure. The questions come slowly, then they sharpen. Then, eventually, the year shifts; you move into a season where answers arrive, not as conclusions but as small clarities. Both seasons matter. Both require patience. The asking and the answering are not opposites. They are the inhale and the long exhale.