The real cleverness here lies in redefining what we mean by "ending"—it's not some fixed point we're marching toward, but rather a marker of resolution itself. When you're in the thick of a genuine crisis, this offers something more useful than blind optimism: it suggests that your current suffering, however acute, contains within it the seeds of incompleteness. A person facing bankruptcy might spend sleepless nights convinced their story is finished, only to realize months later that the worst moment was actually a middle chapter. Lennon's insight grants us permission to keep moving, because continued struggle is itself proof that the narrative hasn't concluded.