So as you guys know, because I posted it in Lava Cooler, my girlfriend and I broke up.

But it's not all bad.  I actually talked to her earlier today about our situation.  I had this gut feeling that I could do it, and I gathered up the courage and talked to her.  And in that moment that I seized, I just felt the weight of everything fall off my shoulders.  It just came to me.  I found my secret to happiness.  

I said, "Success can be found everywhere, whether it's beating a game, or playing a song, or finishing an assignment.  it's the little successes that make us up."  And in that moment I could finally see all the success I have had in the past five years, big ones like my grades, making district band and winning state marching band, and breaking a relay record on my swim team, and little ones, like singing right in pitch while I'm alone in my room, or taking a really cool picture.  And I realized that if I grab onto those successes then I'll be truly happy.  :)

We went on and talked about the letter I wrote her, and her reasons why she broke up, and...we're cool.  I promised I'd give her time to herself from then on, but I could see that it really lifted a lot of stress off of both of us and she was glad that we had the conversation.

I feel like that could be the highlight of my life.