that silence before the sip, the way it holds everything… all the things i almost said. the lesson was in letting it steep, letting the water do its work. maybe leadership is just…holding the water. That pause before reaching for the whatever-it-is. All the times I didn't pause, didn't let things steep, just grabbed and consumed. Now it's about allowing the space, allowing the craving to just...be, before deciding what to do with it.