When someone around you needs your help and you reach out to support them, you are doing a noble thing. However, there are two questions that have to be asked before you can have any hope of success. The first is, can you actually help? In many instances, be it through practical application or moral support, the answer is yes.
The more difficult of the two questions is the second. Do they really want your help? As hard as it is to understand, there are some people who either wish to embrace their problems and allow them to overwhelm them, or who are just not ready for help. In extreme situations, such as drug abuse, this is obvious. However, it is also there in many lesser challenges. What motivates someone to turn away help, be it pride or arrogance, or just plain ignorance, is likely to be a tough thing to overcome.
When there’s no helping someone, it’s time to conserve your own strength and let them find their own way.
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