Some people may never trust you again, even after you’ve changed. Change anyway.

Changing does not come with the right to be believed. The person you hurt gets to decide what they do with the new version of you, and sometimes the answer is that they stay away, which is theirs to choose. That can feel like the change was pointless. It was not, because the reason to be different was never the outcome with that one person.

Keep going with it in the places where nobody is watching for it. Be reliable with the next person who gives you a chance. Leave the door open without knocking on it, and let the proof be in how you live.