Rebirth Hurts: The Synchronicity of Comebacks and Reincarnation

There’s a strange moment, just before a comeback, where everything feels like it's dying.

Not metaphorically. Really dying.

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It’s the moment where hope seems delusional, where the silence is louder than the praise used to

be, where people stop asking about the thing that once lit you on fire. You doubt if it mattered at

all. You wonder if you still matter.

And yet—something stirs.

That place? That aching in-between? It’s reincarnation. It’s the soul rebooting.

In One Great Year, Marcus reincarnates with memory intact—bearing the weight of love lost,

failure endured, and lifetimes of sacred duty. In his current life as Quinn, he’s broken, drifting,

quiet. A man who once carried light across centuries now smokes alone in a Seattle apartment.

And yet... he still carries the spark. The mapmaker doesn’t forget the stars.

And that’s the synchronicity I’ve come to feel deeply.

Reincarnation and a comeback share the same brutal tenderness. You don’t get reborn in glory—

you get dropped into the mud, blinking and gasping, not sure if this time you’ll get it right. Your

past follows you. The lessons, the wounds, the patterns. You might be starting over, but you’re

not starting clean.

Whether it’s a career, a relationship, or simply finding your voice again, rebirth is never graceful.

It’s raw.

It’s showing up, shaky.

It’s whispering, “I think I still have something to give,” when the world hasn’t asked in years.

It’s choosing to begin—again—with the soul of someone who’s lived this story before and

knows the cost.

And here’s the sacred truth: nothing worth resurrecting comes back the same.

A comeback isn’t going back. It’s evolution. It’s what the Great Year teaches us. That every

age—golden or dark—is part of the cycle. That falling apart is part of remembering.

So if you’re in that space, if your heart feels like Quinn’s—tired, ancient, uncertain—know this:

You’re not lost.

You’re re-entering.

This is your reincarnation.

And your comeback?

It’s already begun.

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