This line reminds me of a recent personal essay by jules-Miz Mindful, Changing the Stories of Our Lives https://medium.com/illumination-curated/changing-the-stories-of-our-lives-4b9c6b4c7e6d, in which she writes:
"I went through yet another life crumbling disappointment. The type of event where everything I believed in shatters into a million pieces. A betrayal that leaves shards of broken dreams scattered on the floor."