"Old Saying Limiits What We Can Do" by Susan Pearl

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink


There is really only so much we can do for others.   We may want something for them but if they don't want it for themselves what we would like for them will not happen.  As hard as it is we have to accept that fact.  There is only so such you can do and then the rest is up to them. That's just the way it is.  Everything needed can be there; everything can be put into place--- but for it to work will depend on what they really want for themselves.  And we can't force them to do it---they have to "want it" for themselves.  It's up to them and that's the way it is no matter how badly we want it for them.