Life gives us a. The desire (for self and all that comes from self or we associate…) b. We also contain a Soul (the soul, a part of God, is higher than selfish) c. To challenge us, so the soul can eventually shine and produce, man is given both internal (the Yetzer Hara – a negative cruel instinct (we laugh at jokes which are about other’s stupidity…) And often people who are agents of the Yetzer Hara (they mock Good people)