Misery loves company is a common English saying that originates from a fourteenth century literary work by Dominick de Gravina. Basically it infers that people who are miserable are more comfortable around others who are just as sad as they and often their misery is a result of having no hope. While we may think we should cheer them up, that isn’t possible until they choose to change their outlook. Instead we should offer them the example of hope. Even Yeshua/Jesus would tell someone to get up and walk (John 5) he didn’t lift the person because it was up to that person to stand on their own.