(May 25, 2015 at 6:58 pm)Exian Wrote: I always have trouble in times of crisis with family members. "You're in my thoughts" is as effective as "You're in my prayers".
Anything else seems to be stating the obvious: "This situation is unfortunate" and the like.
There often isn't anything to say other than the obvious. It is not as if you were an omnipotent, omniscient being who could fix all of life's problems.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
