The Art of Happiness

lot. His family suffered tremendously at the handof the Nazis during World War II. And he’s hadtwo children, whom he has been very devoted to,born with some rare genetic disorder that leftthem extremely physically and mentallyhandicapped. And instead of becoming bitter orspending his life playing the martyr, he dealt withhis problems by reaching out to others and spentmany years devoting himself to working with thehandicapped as a volunteer. He really is quitespecial if you get to know him.”As it turned out, I met Rolf and his wife onceagain at the end of that week, at a small strip fieldserving as the local airport. We were scheduledon the same flight to Delhi, which turned out tobe canceled. The next flight to Delhi wasn’t forseveral days, so we decided to share a car toDelhi, a grueling ten-hour ride. The few bits of