This is a nice quote from actor Judi Dench playing a character who is quoting somebody else in the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel:

“Everything will be alright in the end. Trust me, if it’s not alright, it’s not the end”.

It’s the sort of thing we like to hear, but struggle to believe to be true. Happy endings often seem to be several places, or people, removed from reality.

But life, unlike a piece of writing, only really has one genuine full stop. Most of the time it is punctuated by the much less obtrusive comma.

We regularly pause for a wee breath, and then move on.

So here’s wishing you many Happy Pausings.