Sympathy is one of the most powerful emotions anyone can give or feel.

Steps:

1. Try to put yourself in 'their' shoes. If you see someone having a hard time, like a lost relative or mother, ask yourself how you would like other people to treat you if you were in that situation.
   • Would you want people to be sympathetic or not?
2. Offer a shoulder or an ear. Everyone wants sympathy and comfort during a hard time, and if you can comfort or deliver advice to someone who needs it, they appreciate it more than you know.
3. Understand that being 'hard' doesn't help anyone. Being hard or having the attitude like you really don't care, can hurt the person deeper than they are hurting right now.
   • If you can, talk to the person. Offer words of comfort and treat them as good as you would want to be treated.
4. Consider a person's religion when offering comfort. Tell the person that God puts hard times in our life to strengthen us, not to hurt us, and whatever hard times there are they are for the good, even if they don't seem like it.
   
   

Tips:

• If you don't really do this often, do your best.
• A hug always makes someone day brighter!