The message in the bottle

Over the weekend, I came across a reflection written on a small piece of paper inside a bottle. It says: "Things happened just as they should have."
I know that reading this while going through a difficult situation can cause unease and discomfort. Who would want to go through a loss, bad news, a conflictive situation, or make a mistake? No one, and yet, life has its share of "that." Denying it, wishing it were different, only prolongs our suffering and pain. Do we have any other alternative? Through therapy, yes, practicing self-compassion and acceptance...

But the first thing is to understand that little message in the bottle. If things happened, it's because they couldn't have been any other way...