Vulnerable Populations

This is a debate that has always brought about mixed feelings in my mind.  There are certainly people out there that want others to provide for them and they don't have the drive and motivation to better their own lives.  I have seen first hand, working in an ER, certain people who continue to make poor life choices with an attitude that could care less about fixing their quality of life.  However, I do believe that many of the people classified under "vulnerable populations" are not "sinners".  

Unfortunately, it is a fact of our world and societies that every single person cannot be wealthy and have all that they want.  As a product of their environment and social support network, there are people who try extremely hard to consistently better their lives yet they just don't get as far as they would like.  It is this group of people-those giving to others more than they have for themselves, working endless hours in a dead end job just to make their way as a citizen, those fallen ill that can no longer work, etc-that I commend on being compassionate, hard-working and determined individuals, regardless of their financial or health situation.  

It frustrates me to no end that there are people out there we refuse service to or look down upon when they probably work harder than many of us.  Unfortunate for them, they happen to be born into or placed in an environment that doesn't offer them the tools and skills to make their life as successful as they would like.  Yet it doesn't mean that they are any less worthy of recognition and service as you or I.