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M.F.K. Fisher - No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task of making your own bread · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Hey, welcome back to The Daily Quote, a
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  podcast designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm Andrew Mcgibburn for November 17th, today's National
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  Homemade Bread Day, celebrating the ancient, comforting art of
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  baking bread from scratch. Bread is one of humanity's
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  oldest prepared foods, dating back at least 30,000 years.
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  From ancient Egyptian flatbreads to French baguettes, the San
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  Francisco sourdough, every culture has its own bread
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  tradition. But something shifted in the
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  20th century. Bread became industrialized,
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  mass produced, packaged in plastic.
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  We traded time and craft for convenience.
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  National Homemade Bread Day invites us back to something
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  primal, mixing flour, water, yeast and salt with our own
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  hands, waiting for it to rise and filling our homes with the
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  unmistakable aroma of fresh baked bread.
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  That brings us to today's quote from MFK Fisher, who understood
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  the deeper magic of bread making when she wrote No yoga exercise,
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  no meditation in a Chapel filled with music will rid you of your
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  Blues better than the humble task of making your own bread.
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  Wow, that quote is right on point.
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  Fisher recognized that bread making is more than cooking.
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  It's therapy. There's something deeply
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  meditative about kneading dough. The rhythm, the repetition, the
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  transformation happening beneath your hands.
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  You can't rush it. You can't multitask through it.
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  You have to be present, working the dough until it becomes
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  smooth and elastic. Then comes the waiting, watching
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  it rise, smelling it bake, anticipating that first warm
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  slice. The entire process demands
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  patience, attention, and presence.
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  In our distracted, hurried world, that's a radical concept.
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  Fisher knew that when you're elbow deep in flower, you're
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  anxious thoughts quiet down, your hands are busy so your mind
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  can rest, and at the end, you've created something real,
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  tangible, nourishing. Today, try making bread.
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  Find a simple recipe. You only need four ingredients.
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  Don't worry about perfection. Focus on the process.
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  Feel the dough change under your hands.
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  Notice how the act of creating something with your hands shift
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  something inside you. Fisher was right.
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  This humble task has power in a world of endless noise and
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  worry. Sometimes the answer is flower,
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  water, time and your own two hands.
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  That's going to do it. For today, I'm Anna McGivern,
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  signing off for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.