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

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

Hello everybody and welcome the Rabbi Daniel Lapin show, episode 17 and on we go with the adventure of discovering how the world really works.

You know, one of the things that has become a habit with me over the years is people calling into my radio show to always say, so, you know, how are you?

And, of course, nobody really wants to hear that you've got a

blister under one toe and a touch of tennis elbow and a slight twinge in your knee. No, it's almost a

convention of social intercourse. How are you? And obviously, on the air, any kind of a lengthy

response is a sure signal to listeners to turn off or switch stations. So I years ago came up

with an answer which I felt was true and real, but at the same

time it was pretty quick. And so whenever people would say, how are you, I'd say couldn't be

better. And that has always remained with me. And from time to time, people will say, well,

do you really mean that? I mean, who's got a life in

which nothing could be any better? And I answered, and I said, look, no question about it. There's

plenty things that could be better. I could get my hair back. I could win the lottery, although that's obviously

questionable as to whether that is a true advantage, given typically what seems to happen to

the majority of people who do win the lotteries. But my point being, yes, certainly there are,

you know, there are things that could be. However, all of those would

sort of invoke miraculous powers. They would require for me to draw down on whatever

cosmic balance I might be fortunate enough to still have. And so when I say couldn't be better in the natural order of things,

in the way the world really works, couldn't be better, grateful, it's wonderful.

And that is absolutely true, in addition to being a fairly quick answer

that allows us to move onto more important things.

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