if its broke, how many times do you try to fix it?

In relationships/life how many times do you try to fix something? You always hope that the outcome will somehow be different, better than it was before. In your minds eye, you hold onto a picture of how things could be, if only this, or if only that. You hold on not because of the reality, but because of that picture of how you hope and dream things will be. But, the reality has never even been close to what you wanted or dreamt of. Sometimes you have to put away your hopeless romantic, and let the realist take over. The realist will keep you from suffering endlessly for a dream, a hope that will never come true. The realist will let you see that some times walking away is truly the best option.