What do you think about homeless people?

As a person who was homeless at one time in their life, I have a lot of mixed feelings about homeless people. I was homeless at a point in my life because of a bad choice I made involving women. It was only for about a month, but I had nowhere to go, and ended up living in a shelter. However, I did have a job at the time, walked to work, and paid for all of my needs. There are, however, many homeless people that I have encountered who are junkies or alcoholics and do not seek the treatment that they need, and therefore just end up on the streets. There are also those who just plain refuse to work, and for them I feel no empathy. I do feel sadness for those who seek help and still can't get it, especially those with children. It's a hard situation in my mind.