The more the world changes, the more we find comfort in the things that never change.

This is Rabbi Daniel Lapin on demand on the Blaze Radio Network.

Welcome to the Rabbi Daniel Lapin show, and you know how absolutely delighted I am that you're joining us here.

I address you always as the happy warriors, and I do that because I want to encourage myself and

you to take joy in the fights and the challenges and the struggles

that life places before us. Because the struggle is real. On every level, you're trying to

improve and strengthen your own body on the most elemental and basic level.

You're trying to keep your body healthy so it'll serve you for as long as possible.

That's a struggle.

It goes against instincts.

Instincts are to sit back, allow yourself to be entertained by some mindless and brain-destroying television program while you eat a bowl of ice cream.

But we know that if you struggle, you get benefits there.

Your livelihood, your profession, your career, your business, however it is that you serve other human beings,

well, that's a struggle. Everything from getting up on

Monday morning after a busy weekend, all the way to achieving your best, putting up with jerks,

coping with non-cooperative people, and always, always moving in the right direction.

And so happy warriors, yeah, that's, I think of myself and you.

We're all happy warriors.

We not only are in the battle, we take delight in being in the battle.

And being in the battle means that from time to time, we're up against bad guys. We're up

against evil. And this could take shape in many different forms, obviously. It can be people.

It can be a little more abstract. But even in day-to-day living, it is possible to run up against individuals

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