Hell, I have a bit of that in me, too. But, I also know that whatever resources, knowledge, etc, are really, and this depends on the individual person and his or her problems, generally quite puny in comparison to the size and scope of those problems.
Whenever I can, I try as best I can to hook them up with people who have more in the way of access to resources and potential solutions to that person's problems than I do.
Sometimes, it takes, and other times, it doesn't, and, as aggravating as that can be for me at times, it's that person's choice, and their right as a free person.
And sometimes, what they don't even really need is advice or references, but just someone the individual can use as a kind of sounding board, while they try and mentally work out solutions to their problems.
Some people do that better out loud than in the confines of their heads, and that's cool.
However one deals with a problem or crisis, so long as one doesn't end up harming oneself or others, is fine by me, because I ain't God(yet another blow to my ego here!!!
), and I ain't met the old bugger yet(at least not that I know of), so, in the end, all I can do is offer an ear, what I hope the individual will find to be sound advice, whatever limited access I can to others who have more resources and knowledge than I do, and the freedom and privacy for them to work out their problems and lives in their own ways.
Me, I'm a stubborn, middle-aged bugger with a hard head, both literally and metaphorically, and I ain't that good at forcing people to do my bidding.
Then again, if I were, I'd be a right arsehole, now, wouldn't I????
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