Start small: interview elders; preserve family recipes; learn or relearn a lineage language; map the places that shaped you and return with intention. Translate those roots into reach by mentoring someone from your origin community, shipping a project that solves a local pain point, or crafting art from inherited symbols.
Finally, schedule a periodic "root check": What grounds me now, and what height am I ready to attempt? In that rhythm of remembering and reaching, Adichie’s counsel becomes a repeatable method—roots feeding lift, lift revealing deeper roots. [...]
