SYMPATHY AND EMPATHY

Empathy is a situation where one feels mercy for someone  in need and offers help to that person.This kind of help could be financial,spiritual or just ideologically.These kind of people are rare since most of what people possess is sympathy where they feel merciful rather sorry for the person but don't offer any kind of help.
For instance during natural calamities such as drought,floods or earthquake in various countries,many people's lives get disrupted because of the calamities.They face problems such as;hunger,lack of settlement lands,insecurity as well as health issues not forgetting they go short of the basic needs which are food;shelter and clothing.During these times,empathetic people come up with problem solving strategies such as,offer those people basic needs which generally is physical help and provide them with safe places to settle in whereas the sympathetic people just feel pity for the people and do nothing to help them.
It's not like the sympathetic people are at fault but then they at least should try to provide if not material support then spiritual support would do more good than just hoping for a better tomorrow for them.But then at no particular time should we criticize the sympathetic people because maybe they provide spiritual support but owe unto we who depend and recognize only those who provide material support.It's not like everyone is blessed to a point of helping others but all we are trying to put into account and the main point we are trying to drive home is that if you cannot provide material support then spiritual support would do no harm because God cannot fail to give you both.