You are so much more than who you “were.” Especially as you get further away from what shaped you in the past. You aren’t limited by who you are. Or at least the way others describe you. You are what you can do. To rebuild is to take what you know how to do—no matter how unconventional or questionable that skill might seem to you now—and figure out how to do it differently. How to use it to take your life in a new direction. A better one.
