I often wonder how the principals in the process keep going and how they can face the next day when they have met an impasse, an upset or a particularly difficult situation. If something does not work out, they just accept it and decide to get together again to see what they can do to bridge the gap. Many gaps have been bridged and great steps forward taken. The huge vote, North and South, which copperfastened the Good Friday Agreement showed that, deep down, everybody wanted peace, stability and democratic progress, the principles people want to see enshrined in the North.