How has this experience taken me closer to what I consider to be the most valuable thing in my life?

I have seen experianced how this works.

The most painful of my experiences have also been the most joyful.

When I have looked for and seen how this experience has taken me closer to what I consider to be the most valuable thing in my life I have often been moved to tears of gratitude. 

I can then clearly see how every loss is a new beginning. Every experience has its struggles and successes similatinously. There is no up without a down, or a day without a night.

All it takes is the willingness to look