A new beginning

If you've made mistakes when writing, you can just erase it off or even tear the whole page and rewrite in a new page.
That is for writing; but what about real life?
Making mistakes are part of growing up.
What if you've done a lot of mistakes before and it's only now that you realize it?
Some would say the hardest yet most important thing to do is to forgive yourself.
Well, even if you've forgiven yourself for what you did and changed for the better, you can't change people's perception of you (can't blame them for that, though)
Life isn't writing in a page of a book where you can tear off the page if you made mistakes and start over again in a new page (where people won't know the mistakes you've made)
You're not the same person you were back then, but people would still have the impression of the 'old' you and remember the mistakes you did.
Turned over a new leaf, but will they ever forgive you for your foolishness back then?
And see you as the person you are now instead of who you were?
It is not that simple, but what you can do is to learn and try not to repeat the same mistakes again;
And hope that one day, the people will realize you've changed and see you as who you are instead of who you were