Sympathy Can Be

Common feeling

A Christian duty

Sameness of feeling

Affinity for another

A supporting atmosphere

An expression of feeling

The flower of practical life

Understanding between people

Two hearts tugging at one load

A great balm in all disappointments

Putting ourselves in another's place

Opening our ears to the cries of human pain

The golden key that unlocks the hearts of others

A living again through our own past in a new form

The divinest passion of the human heart, next to love

Personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul

To feel for things in which we have an indirect personal interest

A most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted

Pity or compassion felt for another's trouble or suffering

To feel deeply and tenderly for someone in their affliction

Entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another

Feeling bad for someone else because of something that has happened to them

Sincere concern for someone who is experiencing something difficult or painful

The perception of, understanding of, and reaction to the distress or need of another

A switch in viewpoint from our perspective to the perspective of another who is in need

The feeling that we care about and are sorry about someone else's trouble, grief or misfortune