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, a show specifically for the happy warrior, a show in which not only were no animals harmed in the

production of, but no electrons were harmed. No trees were chopped down. Yes, this indeed is a sanitized Rabbi Daniel Lapin show, especially for people who either aspire to be happy warriors or who are happy warriors.

Because one thing about happy warriors is they are not.

They are not tennis balls floating down the gutter of life. Happy warriors are not people

who want to be massaged with warm butter, but happy warriors are people who delight in the

challenges of life. Happy warriors are people who bounce out of bed every morning eager to tackle the work of the day.

Happy warriors are people who realize that happiness is not a passive state of mind, but it is an

active decision. It is a purposeful and deliberate determination. I am a happy

warrior. I am happy to be alive. I am happy to be able to confront the struggles of life and deal with them

because you have to remember. Pain in life is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Pain is just the dealing with life. If you are a runner, pain is what you feel around about the

start of the third mile. Suffering is what happens when you don't do anything about it. Pain is getting a flat tire while you're

driving to a meeting. Suffering is either trying to drive on the rim or sitting there in the car

wondering what you're going to do. But when you jump out of the car and change the tire or when you

call for help and somebody comes to help you, that is alleviating suffering.

Suffering is optional.

Pain is part of the pleasure of life.

And no, I'm not masochistic in any way at all.

It's just that I relish the feeling in my muscles after a workout. I feel the pain

because I remember the great Jack Lane said, no pain, no gain. And so the happy warrior

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