Hi PP, I think that's good advice from your IC. It links to my signature line, which I found inspiring.
What is happening may not be the life we would have chosen for ourselves. However, it is the life we have been blessed with now. Should I put 'blessed' instead? It doesn't feel like a blessing, but I think if we put consistent and genuine effort in the right places it will become a blessing.
To be shocked out of a particular course in life and forced to confront your own worst fears, assumptions and destructive behaviours is incredibly hard. And it is also a gift I think.
T 13 M 7 Me 48 H 46 SS 15 BD 7.14 PA D final 5.16 (H filed)
We receive & we lose, and must try to achieve gratitude & embrace with whole hearts whatever of life that remains after the losses - Dubus