There’s a marvellous story explaining the definition of chutzpah, the wonderful Yiddish word that loosely means impudence or gall. A woman gets on a crowded bus, looks around, and then says to a man already seated, “If you had what I had you’d let me take your seat.” “Of course,” says the man. “Please sit down.” There’s a pause, and then the polite fellow asks what the woman has. “Chutzpah,” she replies. If you had what I had. Joking aside, if I could flood 2023 with one specific quality it would be empathy — the ability to feel what others...