Our Scottish cousins stood at a historic precipice this week and decided to stay put.
With the vote to separate from the United Kingdom failing by 10 percentage points, the question is supposedly settled for a generation.
It was a powerful concept.
Dismantling the ties to Westminster and taking real control of your destiny. It's not hard to see why so many Scots supported it.
But the day was won by those wanting to keep the status quo. Given the rocky and, at times, bloody relationship between the two nations, it wasn't necessarily out of love. Much of the No campaign centred around not the Scottish identity, but the unknown economic woes that would befall the bonny country. Some bigger businesses
threatened to uproot and head south.
The oft-repeated political lesson learned is that voters - regardless of how passionate they may feel about other issues - can usually be persuaded if they feel it's in their economic best interest.
While the Yes side is surely licking their wounds and contemplating a political future that looks and feels no different than the past 307 years, the Scots as a whole have won a number of victories on this road. They've won more legislative powers and posted a voter turnout and level of voter awareness simply not seen when Canadians choose which politicians represent them.
Scotland and the rest of the U.K. - like Quebec and the rest of Canada - are stuck with each other.
Let's all make the best of it.
