Learn this and know peace: you cannot change another.
You can provide alternatives, but it is their prerogative to make their choices.
Choices are based on conditioning—both known and unknown—shaped over time, before and during their own time.
While you struggle to understand why someone so rational can be so irrational in one aspect of life, look in the mirror and you will find they are not alone.
Observe a person’s choices and decide whether they should remain a companion or simply a passerby.
Drop the ego-boosting belief that if they travel the road with you, they will change. You will be disappointed.
– Osasu Oviawe