the danish philosopher kierkegaard put it this way-- the door to happiness always opens outward. in other words, genuine happiness is attained not because of some leap into mystical oneness. nue ppess is attained because we have a leap of empathy and service to others. now i learned this stowfuy from two remarkable teachers from ethiopia. i was visiting ethiopian immigrants in israel. it was a cold february day and i was walking around, and i saw ding off to the side. they we ivinan th we bbing their hands. they were cold. and i went over to them and i offered them my gloves. they hesitated, but then one of the boys took the gloves, put them on his hands, held up his hands and just began to laugh hysterically. he had never seen this second set of hands that were warm and scratchy. ( chuckling ) and he motioned to me, figuring surely i must have more extra hands. when it was clear that i wasn't the glove man, he immediately took one glove off, put it on his frid, and they both held up their one gloved hand and they just laughed with a kind of pure joy. now what was so amazing is t