Where's the Compassion?

Over the years, these last 13 years to be exact, I have noticed the lack of empathy and compassion that people possess. It has been a long 13 years, and I have had two different careers in that time as well as a few jobs thrown in for good measure. Most of my working/career choices were shaped around my husbands terminal illness. There were many times during the 13 years that he nearly died, slipping into a coma and complications because of the disease. As I worked for 5 years at one job, and another 7 year career at another, the lack of empathy and compassion was apparent. These last few years have been trying to say the least. We have no family to help us or support us, and so it is me and him and God. I have a few friends who support me through these challenging times and I am grateful. I have had several friends over the last 13 years that "gave up" on me, and a few that I de-friended due to their lack of understanding of my situation with my husbands illness. Those de-friended old friends were putting me down and making me feel worse than I already did, so I chose to remove them from my life. I am thankful for the friends I have now that stay with me through the good times and the bad.