Good hearted people are known for their never-ending kindness, unwavering compassion and impeccable knack for forgiveness. They are quick to understand and have just the perfect way of seeing the best in everyone that touches their lives. Their sweet, tender-hearted nature makes them a valuable friend. But what happens when their good heart just isn't good enough?

Do we fault them? Blame them? Point fingers at them for betraying us?

I would certainly hope not. Good hearted people have their limits too. More times than not they will rationalize, take a cut to their pride and move on because they see you, understand you, and forgive you for who are and who you are not. But what happens when their sweet little hearts get stomped on, kicked through the dirt and left, over and over and over again. So much so that their heart is unrecognizable. It is still good, but it is forever changed. What happens then?

You can't blame them for leaving you behind, for recognizing that they want to see the good in you, but doing that hurts them far worse than a relationship should have to. You have to look back and realize how many times their good hearts won out on the pain you inflicted on them. Look back and realize that although everyone would like to think that good hearted people are never ending fountains of love, they are only people. People with real feelings and people with limits to how much they can love a toxic person in their life.

Good-hearted people will burn the flames of their inner candle to the very end, solely to light the flames of others. But you can't blow out the light and expect them to still light yours. So don't call them selfish because they cannot light your flame anymore for the sake of their own well-being. Don't hate them because you dried up their well of love for you. Love them. Light their flame. Show them unconditional love. Show them your worthiness. With any luck, they might come back to you. They might let you back into their swollen, bruised, and bursting at the seems heart. But even if they don't, you learned from them. You learned to love people and forgive them. You learned that to keep your flame burning, we must light each others. Use that knowledge and who knows, maybe you will become the good hearted person you lost.

And to you already good to the core hearted people out there. It's okay to say enough is enough. That doesn't make you any less good. You are just a human. A human with a huge, compassionate, and joyous heart, but just a human at that.