Mourn With Those That Mourn

I find it interesting that although hurt, strife, loneliness and such are all a part of life, we all behave as if it's unnatural. If someone mentions any such issues happening in their life we all feel awkward and turn our heads the other direction, whispering under our breath, "That person's got problems". How unnatural! The real problem here is that we turn away rather than listening, helping and just being there for one another. Does pretending it's not there really help the situation? What happened to empathy? Mourning with those that mourn? Comforting those that stand in need of comfort? What a screwed up world we live in if we think of those Christ-like behaviors as "old fashioned". (And, for the record, trying to fix the problem is not the same as having empathy....Robbie).