Maybe I'm just jaded...

Maybe I do believe that people do not changed. It is something I have been proven repeatedly, both in personal and professional life. The woman who has left her husband/ boyfriend left him again. It wasn't the first time, nor the last. Putting down that last cigarette is just another "last." Maybe that's why it is called "last." Because it lasts.
That's the last time I take him back!
That's the last time I drink a non-diet soda! This diet is going to work!
That's the last time I switch a shift with someone!
That's the last time I will run out of gas!
That's the last time I use that credit card!
That's the last time I let him/her talk to me like that!
But it never is, is it?
I have found that people do not change. I have learned that people are exactly where they want to be, although they may whine about it. Turns out, when given the option to change, or get out of it, they won't. I have learned to let people make their own mistakes.
It may have hardened me. It may have made me bitter. Maybe jaded. I prefer to think of it as keeping my sights on things that make me happy. Maybe limiting my time and cutting out the people in my life who are not good influences has limited my social life.
But I am a person who says what I mean, and do what I say. And I won't change. People don't change. It is good to be me, and I won't change that either!