I love all these answers. I want to share an answer I heard last night at my friend’s birthday party, where this question was posed.
The answer was from a guy who has been a hard-core activist for many years. Now he works for The Center for Justice and Accountability. He said that when he was first being an activist, he would have said that he would remove genocide, war, trauma, and abuse. But now, he says there is something playing itself out there, in these situations, and he wouldn’t meddle in it. Of course, his job is to help people who have been affected by these things, mind you. It just really struck me as interesting, and reminded me of Bruce Almighty, too.
Sometimes it’s best to let things alone, love people, and allow them to make the choices they’re going to make. And grab their hand if they reach out for help.