Green and Blue

As he ponders his future, he still finds the time to enjoy the sun on his back and the wind across his skin. He may be a little green frog, but sometimes he feels pretty blue. As he wanders through a field he has wandered through countless times before, he almost stumbles into a deep hole.
"When did this get here?" he wonders aloud.
"Leave me alone..." answers a voice from the pit.
"Hmm, what's this then?" the frog says as he peers into the hole.
At the bottom is a small blue lizard. The frog's first instinct is to help, so he runs over to a nearby tree and grabs a vine. Throwing it in he shouts down the hole,
"Grab onto this, and I'll pull you out."
The lizard doesn't even look up, and repeats,
"Leave me alone..."
"Hmm, are you weak? Is that not good enough?"
The frog thinks perhaps this is not good enough, and proceeds to collect more sticks and vines to build a ladder. Although it takes a while, and he suffers a few small injuries, he figures it should be sufficient to help the little blue lizard out of the pit. Grunting and struggling he drags the newly built ladder over to the pit.
"Look out down there, I'm dropping a ladder in!"
"Leave me alone..."
The ladder lands with a soft 'whump' and settles in firmly.
"Is this good, can you get out?"
This time the strange little lizard doesn't even reply.
"Hmmm, what else can I do for you?"
"Leave me alone..."
The frog reflects for a moment and, remembering that lizards float, comes up with his next plan.
Although it takes days, he gradually diverts some of the nearby stream toward the hole. He injures himself multiple times, and expends a lot of energy. Even through all the hardship, he feels a sense of satisfaction that he is helping.
"I'm almost ready to fill the hole with water, all you have to do is float to the top."
"Leave me alone..." is the only reply.
After the last bit of dirt is removed from the trench, the water begins flowing freely. The trench widens and the frog smiles in satisfaction. This will save the lizard for sure!
As the frog quickly hops back to the hole, what he sees shocks him. The lizard is not floating! Peering as hard as he can, he sees that the lizard is clinging to the bottom of the ladder, underneath the water.
"Nonono! Float! Climb! Do something, don't stay there, you can't hold your breath that long!"
Of course, this time the lizard doesn't reply. In a panic the frog tries to bury the trench to stop the water. To no avail, the water has widened the trench past the point of damming it up. Besides, he's a frog, not a beaver. He grimaces in agony as he collapses by the side of the rapidly filling pit. Panting and exhausted, all he can do is watch as the pit completely fills with water while the lizard remains at the bottom.
[Any of this sound familiar?]
Sometimes we may do more harm than good by so willingly committing our resources to someone who has no desire to be helped.