sometimes it's too much of a good thing

It's so unfair how life chooses a victim at random and deals them a bad card? Even if it's not you and you know someone close to you is going through a rough patch and you can only do so much to help? You can only extend a hand and offer some comforting words/phrases which may or may not be accepted by the said victim. It's just so shit to stand idly by and do nothing while you see someone you know so well go through such hell. I want to help. But I cannot do much.