Making the Best of a Bad Situation

Resolving conflict is like lifting the weight of the world off your shoulders. Everything that was dragging you down disappears and you can finally breathe. When something terrible is made better, everything seems better. That sigh of relief that escapes you when you can finally breathe - the next inhalation of air even seems cleaner.

If there is one thing that comes of a relationship after a serious problem it's purity. Whatever was bothering you is now solved and what follows is brand new. It's like a blanket of snow that's been stepped over too many times and then comes in reborn with the morning, filled and new.

What better time to make resolutions than the holidays and the beginning of a new year?
So my resolutions? As a whole: to fix my faults.

Individually, here is what I aim to do for me, for my relationship, and for the benefit of all the people that surround me daily:

1. Raise my self-esteem - Aside from making my life easier, it will also make me a lot less needy and is in perfect correlation with my next resolution...

2. Rid myself of my insecurities - Hopefully I can knock this out in the process of raising my self-esteem, or vise versa.

3. Do better in school - By reading more, studying harder, and actually showing an interest in learning I can offer more in conversation, and most likely just go farther with my life.

4. Be more positive - I plan to do this by surrounding myself with positive people; the people I want to be most like. This will make me more pleasant and probably be solved by all of my other resolutions.

And finally the last resolution, which can be achieved by first achieving those above...

5. Build up a better reputation for myself.

If I can do these things, I can continue to maintain that fresh blanket of snow and be happy and at peace with all that surrounds me.