Changing
Can people change? That is a question I'm currently asking myself. I feel I'm at a crossroads right now in regards to my relationships with people. I want to believe that people can change, because the opposite is just depressing and I feel that I've changed, but is changing and growing mutually exclusive or are they the same thing? Someone once said that people don't change, they just get better at hiding their true selves. If that's the case then the decision to walk away from certain relationships is easy. I have known people who've proven to be unloyal, untrustworthy, and unkind. They've been selfish and play the victim each time there is any conflict between them and anyone else. But they aren't necessarily that way with everyone, but they are with me or were with me. Our relationships have suffered from various altercations and arguments so we've each taken a step back from the other. But the friendship is still there squirming on the ...