Letting Go

How do I let go of someone in my life that I care for so much? This hurts so much more than any high school break up I ever had. All I wanted was the best for them and to love them but it was at my expense. The more I tried, the more I failed. I cannot please the unappeasable. I cannot fix what started out broken by someone else. I wish I could have them back but I know I can't unless they are ready. So what do I do until then? Its like watching them being stuck on a raft on a river headed for a crashing waterfall and they don’t want my rope. How can I stand by and watch them self destruct? I am only a weak and frail lesser human. I cannot please everybody, I cannot fix everything, I cannot make right all the wrongs of this world. All I can do is let go, pray and let God do the rest. He is the One who can and will! If faith can move a mountain, then faith can stop a raging waterfall or better still it can be there to catch the raft.