What do you do, when there is nothing you can do?

Have you experiencedmented the feeling of helplessness/impotence when something unfair is happening to someone you love. It is very frustrating when this happens, and it feels worset when the only person that can save him(her) is himself(herself). Sometimes for us, the solution is obvious, maybe this is because we are looking at the situation from the outside world. However, the person who is going through the situation is blind, and can't see a solution to his(her) problem. Here/This is when you feel helpless/powerless/impotentcy of at not being able to do noanything for this person that you care about. So, what do you do, when there is nothing you can do? I guess that, at in the end, there is always something you can do for those who you love, and who are going through a difficult situation. You can listen, you can hug, you can wipe their tears and stay by their side, no matter what.