Fitting something requires knowing its particular shape, not its general category. A lid made for pots in the abstract sits crooked on this pot, because belonging is a matter of specific dimensions rather than good intentions. The same holds for advice, gifts and offers of help. Nothing fits by being generally well made.

Before you offer someone a solution this week, spend longer on the shape of their situation than on the shape of your answer. Ask one more question than feels necessary. What fits closely is usually what was measured rather than what was ready-made.