What I struggle with personally is the question whether it is for us to decide what constitutes 'better off'. Perhaps for some homeless people the best life the

What I struggle with personally is the question whether it is for us to decide what constitutes 'better off'. Perhaps for some homeless people the best life they can have, at least within our current, flawed system, is on the streets. Part of the reason why I'm struggling with this question is that since about a year it also applies to me, to an extent. My problem is unrelated to homelessness, but it seems clearer and clearer that the solution that works for me (read: makes me happier and more 'functional' than anything else I've tried) could be considered by many people to be 'worse off', and consequently eligible for some degree of intervention, simply because they are not like myself. There are no easy answers to these questions, but I feel such answers start with compassion and active engagement with and understanding of those whose lives we are 'managing'. Social workers probably qualify, and the managerial class are probably the last to do so.