Nothing’s a waste.

When things go awry in life, it can be easy to feel like we’ve wasted something.

Time, money, resources, love … it can be a bit like, what was it all for? 

Then there’s that old saying, everything happens for a reason … which can be infuriating (even though, personally, I believe it).

Often, it’s not until the blessing of hindsight kicks in, that we can finally realise:

Nothing’s a waste.

The marriage that ended in divorce, but gave you three kids, wasn’t a waste.

The credit card that you’re still paying way too much interest on, but fed you when you were broke, wasn’t a waste.

The job that you hated and spent way too long in, the one that became so painful that it literally forced you to up your self-worth and find something to match it, wasn’t a waste.

The student loans for the degree that you’re still paying off in your 40s, at the university where you met your husband, aren’t a waste.

The friendship that dominated you for years, then completely fell apart and directed you straight into the arms of your TRUE best friend, wasn’t a waste.

The extra years you spent in a relationship because you were too scared to leave, a relationship that (finally) made you realise you would NEVER ‘settle’ again, weren’t a waste.

That illness that plagued you forever, before it eventually taught you to put yourself first, wasn’t a waste.

The times you were ridiculed, the ones that made you find acceptance in YOURSELF first and foremost, weren’t a waste.

Every ounce of ANYTHING that you feel you ‘wasted’ … wasn’t a waste. 

Everything is teaching you something, or forcing you to cultivate the next quality you need for success, or preventing you from taking a wrong turn, or allowing you to recognise your own strength.

Everything is growing you into the person you need to be, to have what you want to have.

Everything is happening in perfect, divine timing. 

And one day, you will realise that.

Love,

Beth