The Capacity to Give up on People

We re usually taught that being loyal to people through difficulty is always the right way. But in fact, at points, a good life requires us to do something that may feel highly strange, but also highly liberating: give up on one or two people, with whom we have already tried too hard for our own good. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10 off your first online order of a book, product or class: For gifts and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: For noble and very understandable reasons, weve come to associate maturity and kindness with a capacity not to give up on people. Our heroes and heroines keep faith with those they love. They dont throw in the towel when trouble rears its head. They put up wi