“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.”
— Orson Welles
We all live through chapters that don’t look like they’ll have a happy ending.
The heartbreak. The loss. The disappointment that sneaks in after you’ve tried so hard to do everything right.
Sometimes it’s a relationship that didn’t last.
Sometimes it’s a dream that feels like it’s slipping out of reach.
And sometimes it’s just that quiet ache of wondering if you’ll ever get to the part of the story where things make sense again.
But Orson Welles was right, the story’s tone depends entirely on where you decide to stop.
End it at the heartbreak, and it’s a tragedy.
Keep turning the page, and it just might become the chapter that changes everything.
💛 Perspective is Everything
Life is never a straight line-it’s a spiral.
You circle back to lessons, people, and places, but each time, you’re higher up, seeing it from a new angle.
That’s the beauty of keeping your story going.
The things that once broke you can eventually become the reason someone else heals.
The endings you mourn can become the beginnings you’re most grateful for.
If you’re reading this and you’re in that middle place- where things feel uncertain, messy, or unresolved-please remember: you are still in motion. This is not the ending.
🌿 The Power of the Next Chapter
When I look back on my own life, the chapters that once felt like endings were really transitions.
Every single time I thought, “This is it. I can’t go on,” life whispered back, “Just wait.”
And you know what?
Every time I waited, something unfolded-sometimes quietly, sometimes suddenly- that changed the entire meaning of what came before.
So if you’re standing in the ashes of something that used to matter… pause, but don’t close the book.
The story is still being written.
And maybe the next page is where you finally rise.
☀️ The Sunshine Perspective
Here’s what I know for sure:
Every ending carries the seeds of a new beginning.
Every heartbreak teaches you what real love feels like.
Every detour leads you closer to alignment- if you let it.
So don’t rush to label your story.
Don’t freeze-frame your pain and call it forever.
You’re allowed to keep growing, keep rewriting, keep evolving.
Because in the end, it’s all about perspective.
And if you keep going-if you keep believing-you just might discover that your tragedy was actually the setup for your greatest comeback.
✨ Keep turning the page.
Your happy ending might be closer than you think.
With love & light,
— Sherri Lee Sunshine 🌞