“Sharing in your sadness as you remember Dan.” “Sending healing prayers and comforting hugs. … “With deepest sympathy as you remember Robert.” What is a good sympathy message? “May you take comfort in loving memory and the friends and family that surround you.” “May the pain you feel now beRead More →

Empathy is learned behavior even though the capacity for it is inborn. The best way to think about empathy is an innate capacity that needs to be developed, and to see it as a detail in a larger picture. Is sympathy a negative emotion? Sympathetic Responses Feeling sympathy for someoneRead More →