Everyone deserves a second chance, right? Or in my mind they deserve several because I never learn from the last dozen times I gave them another chance and they screwed me over. Some people will say it’s stupid of me and everyone else that does the same thing. But is it really bad of a person to want to believe someone will change and better themselves from the last time? I don’t think so. But I also believe that all those chances have to end at some point. Maybe sooner than later. You have to learn to respect yourself and save your heart from the pain over wanting to believe someone can be a better person a couple dozen times. Sometimes it’s easier to let go rather than holding on to the rope that’s burning your hands from being pulled away from me you harder as time goes on.
I’m not one for New Years resolutions but this could be considered one if you’d like; Leave a toxic person in 2016. If I had to tell you something I've learned from life this far, it's that life is full of goodbyes. They just keep coming as you get older, and it's just life. But some are easier than others. You can only give someone so many chances before you realize they aren’t worth the pain anymore. A person is so much harder to let go of than letting go of an old t shirt that you had, or food that you accidentally dropped but really wanted to eat. The thing is, it’s so hard because of all of the memories you have with one single person. They replay in your head and you think back to those memories to try to reassure yourself that you should/shouldn’t let them go. But sometimes the memories are so much better than what the person has become.
As said before every day of every year you should be working to better yourself and creating a world of your own that makes you happy. And if that means letting go of someone toxic in your life than so be it. Everything comes to an end, and sometimes it’s sooner than you might have thought it would be for certain things. People come and people leave. It’s all about holding on to the people who are worth holding on to. And it may take a couple 'second chances' to realize who is worth it but in time you'll know.
