Nairobi, Nov. 19 -- "Rest is not idleness; it is repair."- African Saying

There comes a point when the body stops negotiating. When the meetings, the adrenaline, the caffeine, the stoicism all fail to hide the truth. That's when the soul steps in. Not with a shout, but with silence. It whispers: You cannot keep creating life while abandoning your own.

Last week, we spoke of burnout; that quiet rebellion of the body against a world that demands constant motion. But what happens after the collapse? After the public applause fades and the private exhaustion settles in? What happens when a founder finally faces the mirror and sees not a visionary, not a leader, not a fighter but a weary human in need of mercy?

This is where rest begins not...