Actually to have empathy on others it's quite good at least putting yourself in their shoes to know the pains or to feel what pains they are going through it's actually a good one to show but I think showing empathy should also be accompanied with some words of encouragement and most times help, when someone is physically or emotionally deranged as the case may be the person off form needs assistance it might be in terms of words of advice or money I think these should also be considered as part of empathy because it goes a long way in putting smile and hope on the face of the people who undergoes such situation