Totally agree. A lesson in life however is that you will meet people with real potential, who just never make use of it. For a long time I had a couple of frie

Totally agree. A lesson in life however is that you will meet people with real potential, who just never make use of it. For a long time I had a couple of friends who I tried to encourage to make use of their talented lives, but in the end they made their own choices. In fact I can recall one such chap - one of my closest friends since childhood, just dropping out of life altogether - I don't mean he killed himself, just consistently took the path of least resistance to nowheresville. It took me literally years to get over it because I cared for him. My advice is just let people do what they want, don't take it personally as your crusade to set them straight. It's an impossible and thankless task. By all means be there for your friends when they need you, but don't try to direct them.