No Effort Is Ever Wasted

Know how we beat ourselves up when we think that we have wasted our effort/time/resources? Recently I've come to realize that no effort is ever wasted. Whatever I have done up until this very moment, is all necessary to get me to this point. Sometimes I need to experience certain things a certain way and perhaps a certain number of times for me to get what I needed to get. It may be some time before this become apparent to me, just because I don't see it doesn't mean it is not serving a purpose. Trusting in this knowing allows me to love myself more, it also frees me from self-abuse.