We cannot force others to change. We can offer them a positive mental atmosphere where they have the possibility to change if they wish. But we cannot do it for or to other people. Each person is here to work out his or her own lessons, and if we fix it for them, then they will just go and do it again, because they have not worked out what they needed to do for themselves. All we can do is love them. allow them to be who they are. Know that the truth is always within them and that they can change at any moment they want.
— Louise L. Hay, Heart Thoughts, p. 167