Empathy nourishes relationships and helps others feel better when they are down. When someone feels alone and stuck in a dark space, they need empathy, they need someone to be there for them. Empathy is not always easy for us to achieve and often we get stuck in sympathy instead. Where empathy grows a relationship, sympathy breaks it down. Sympathy arises when you try to make someone feel better about their horrible situation by looking for the bright side of things. When someone might be upset about their parents divorcing, saying “Well, at least you have parents” is the opposite of what…