So much of our spiritual baggage concerns how we perceive ourselves. Perhaps above all other aspects of reimagining our beliefs, there is an incredible amount of work to be done in reframing our biases and attitudes towards the person in the mirror. There are new places to find rest and new places to finally engage.

Words like "better" and "testimony" can take new shape in a new time of conscience. Each precipice gives way to new perspective. Attitudes shift – not only towards ourselves, but towards people who are as we used to be. In all of this, it can be a struggle to remain present, and plenty of confusion persists well into the process of deconstruction.

But the clarity we do find is worth it.