A small, yet significant success.

It's been forever since I've posted anything on here, but I had a conversation today with a friend that put the biggest smile on my face. Honestly, it made me the happiest I've been since I've been home from England. Here it is:

[8:23:25 PM] friend says: Oh yeah!
The other day I went on a bit of a downloading spree, and I ended up getting some Nickelback songs
One of them was "If today was your last day"
you know it?
[8:25:05 PM] I say: yes i do!
[8:25:23 PM] friend says: Well I hadn't heard it in about a year
so I listened to it
and you know the first two lines?
[8:26:04 PM] I say: hmm. i am looking it up right now. i haven't heard that song in a whileee
i like it :)
[8:27:14 PM] friend says: it goes "my best friend gave me the best advice, each day's a gift and not a given right"
and as soon as I heard those lines
I thought of you
[8:27:37 PM] I say: hahah really? :)
[8:27:40 PM] friend says: Yeah
it got me thinking
about how you don't let anything keep you down
you live for the moment and nothing else and make the choices that you know will make you smile
and it got me thinking
[8:28:55 PM] I say: :) i love that you know this about me and we haven't known eachother that long <3 style="font-weight: bold;">[8:29:46 PM] friend says: i used to be like that, and somewhere along the line, I lost that part of me. Then when me and my gf broke up, I was a mess, then you started coming out more often, and that part of me came back, Janelle
I didn't realise it at the time
but you
above everyone else
got me back on my feet
kept me smiling
kept me going
and then when you left
it got harder again
but I listen to that song now
whenever i'm down
and I think, what would Janelle do?
[8:31:09 PM] I say: hahahaha WWJD!
lmfaooo
[8:31:15 PM] friend says: :')
[8:31:23 PM] I say: i hope i can continue to keep making you smile!
[8:31:25 PM] friend says: and i snap myself out of it
[8:31:37 PM] I say: you are a fucking awesome guy <3 style="font-weight: bold;">[8:34:14 PM] friend says: but yeah, basically all of that was me trying to say thankyou. You're an incredible girl Janelle, and I honestly don't know where I'd be right now if you hadn't been around to dust me off and put me back on my feet. You did it without realising and I'll never be able to repay you for that x thank you Janelle, you're my hero :)
[8:35:09 PM] I say: <3 style="font-weight: bold;">[8:35:26 PM] friend says: and I don't sugarcoat shit either
[8:35:32 PM] I say: honest to God. i miss you more than anyone back there!
[8:35:34 PM] friend says: that's the truth :)
[8:35:45 PM] I say: lol i feel like we've gotten closer since i've left, even though i'm physically further away.
[8:35:58 PM] friend says: I know, it's weird :')
I miss you too Janelle
[8:37:04 PM] I say: your tagline under your default pic on fb reminds me of my favorite song ever and actually some lyrics that ive been wanting as my next tattoo for the past year.
i actually wasn't going to get those beatles lyrics, i was supposed to get lyrics from that song instead.
but yeah. it's called "just a phase" by incubus. i just wanted that title tattooed.
pretty much - everything both good and bad comes to an end. so keep your head up if it's bad times, because it'll be over soon. but if it's good times, cherish it while you can.
[8:38:44 PM] friend says: yeah :)
[8:39:26 PM] I say: it's the way i try to live my life everyday!
i hope you're learning to do the same :)
[8:39:58 PM] friend says: i am doing, it's harder some days
but I'm getting back to how I used to be
[8:40:18 PM] I say: it is hard sometimes.
i'm glad you're getting back to how you used to be! :)
i think you were fun while i was there. pshh that's why you were my fave!
are*
[8:41:06 PM] friend says: honestly? half the time that wasn't the real me
it was a brave face
because I was a mess
until you snapped me out of it :')
[8:41:56 PM] I say: :)
[8:42:05 PM] friend says: I'm not going to lie, a few days after you left
I had a really bad day
and I decided
that I couldn't wait until the day that I couldn't feel anything anymore
no sorrow, no joy, nothing
i wanted to be numb
[8:42:48 PM] I say: :(
[8:43:02 PM] friend says: and then i found that song :')
[8:43:17 PM] I say: haha it's a damn good song :)
[8:43:25 PM] friend says: yeah, it really is :')
[8:43:43 PM] I say: i know the feeling though. lol i haven't always been this happy.
lol there have been several times in the past year that i have been absolutely miserable.
but it's not worth it!
you only live once.
there's no time to be sad
[8:44:47 PM] friend says: Exactly :)
the way i see it
you've got to take the bad
because if there wasn't any bad
how would we appreciate the good?
[8:45:42 PM] I say: :) precisely!
lol i didn't want to say 'exactly' because you said it already. :P
[8:46:16 PM] friend says: haha it's okay, I wouldn't have minded :')

One of my favorite quotes ever is:
"... To know that one life has breathed easier, because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tonight, I am glad to know I have achieved success in this way.