I think it's great how a person can turn what seems like a catastrophic event into a positive experience, and while that event can cause negative and lasting changes, there is also the opposite and what really matters is seeing those lessons and carrying them forward.
I read your experience and with certainty I share this phrase "stay away from the rough water, I'll take care of the rough water".
Stories like this are terrible because they wear out the accounts and your emotions.
I have done it so many times and in each one I have a life lesson, and that is to continue to do good to those who do me good and not to let them get away from me.
You are a hardworking man with 52 years in fullness you are what I call a SENSEI to teach your values principles that at the end of the day allows you to be focused on each now and where you put your energy there you build to reach the next goal.
My values and principles are some of the very few things I can truly call my own and whilst others may not believe in, or agree with, them they are yet, my own and I uphold them. Situations like this can be damaging in a catastrophic manner however sometimes the things that tear a person down are the very same that rebuild him. I'm lucky to have had a solid foundation on which to rebuild.
Just as you express it are atomic habits capable of building where you put your eyes, your energy, will to flourish again that purpose.
My father is 86 years old and whenever I talk to him, he always reminds me of this phrase “You always go forward with your boots on” have confidence in yourself and if you believe in it, you can create it.
One certainly have self-belief, it has carried people a long way through much adversity.
It is so, sir @galenkp , and when we emerge from adversity, strengthened from difficult circumstances, we learn from defeats and develop resilience, our life force.