"People never change." A cliche we say and hear way too often. It's easy to assume that people who have done wrong after wrong, may simply never change and find a path of goodness. I've fallen victim to saying this plenty of times. But you know what? I don't think this anymore. Here's why:

People are ever changing. Whether it be small scale or huge changes, change is always there. We all know people make mistakes, and we're only human. But we use this "people never change" saying to dismiss those in particular who have done us or someone else wrong. The reality is, change is without a doubt always possible. As hard as it is to believe sometimes, it's true---we change every single day. Our ideas, our beliefs, our morals and even our whole mindset---it's kind of refreshing actually. If you wanted to, you could change your entire self whenever you wanted to.

But, change is only possible if you really want it. With that being said, you cannot change someone if they don't want to undergo that change. Essentially, it is up to them. This is where the "some people never change" idea misleads us. In reality, it should be “some people just don’t want to change” or "some people will never act the way I want them too". Because that's exactly what's going on. Maybe that person doesn't want to change bad enough and that's that. You simply cannot change a person unless their mindset is on the same track and that’s when we have to accept this concept. Although it may disappoint us: people live for themselves, and not for us.