If there is a manual about how to be a gentle person you clearly need to visit Vietnam to understand it. I’ve just returned from Vietnam, where I encountered the gentlest, most respectful culture I have ever met. I thought, this is the world we all wish to see. This is how the world could be, if each one of us could develop this kind of gentleness. ​ Being a more gentle person begins with me. In Hanoi, they have no traffic laws whatsoever, and traffic lights are rare. The