What if..?

I was I asking the Universe “Why?” Saying to myself, “I don’t understand WHY the Universe (or God or life) would have me go through this. Again. I went through this once already and spent many, many years learning to be open to love again and the risk of it. Why would the Universe give me Albert, from whom I learned so much and who changed my life so completely, only to take him away one short year later?

And one possible answer that I had not considered crossed my path today. And it is this:

“Albert wasn’t given to you for you. He was given to you for him. It was going to be his time soon and the Universe wanted you to be there for him.”

“The Universe knew no one could love him like you would and wanted him to have that kind of love before he returned home. He was given to you so that he could experience the kind of happiness that only you could have brought to him before he had to go.”

What if this was his life path – and only his?

What if I am still living my life path and this – his death – had and has nothing to do with me?

What if?