You have been through a stretch that took more than you had, and you came out of it still able to hope. Not naively — you know precisely what it cost. But the capacity survived, and that is not automatic.
People find you calming without being able to say why. It is that you are not frightened of their difficulty. You have been in one, so you do not need them to be finished with it before you can sit with them.
The Star follows the Tower in the deck, and that order is the meaning. What is left after something falls is the part that was actually yours. This card says the part that was left is enough.