There are times in life when the road is rough and bumpy, and you have a difficult time resolving the issue at hand with a person you love.  You just need to make up your mind and move forward with Prayer, Alms Giving and Fasting, offering these things up to the Lord for that person.  Sometimes it will take a great deal of effort on your own behalf to make the difference.  And I do not mean by saying anything to that particular person, rather be silent and offer it to the Lord from your heart.  This actually works wonders, but it may take more than one time for things to get better for that person.  Maybe that person has an addiction, an illness, lost their footing on the path, maybe they have depression, maybe they have an undiagnosed illness and need to go to a physician.  Perhaps they are struggling with a sin that is clinging to the wall of their soul like a leech, determined to destroy it.   There are so many reasons they could not possibly be listed here…

Whatever our intentions are lift them up to God to fix for us, and show our efforts and sincerity to God by these means of compassion and mercy towards another human being.