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Ernest Hemingway - A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Dot com Welcome to the Daily Quote, a podcast designed to
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  kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host Andrew McGivern for August 8th.
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  Now today is a tough one. There's so many good holidays to
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  choose from. It's international beer day for
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  one, and I can definitely celebrate some international
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  beers. It's also Happiness Happens Day
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  and National Tarantula Appreciation Day.
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  These are great holidays worthy of recognition on the daily
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  quote for sure. And let's not forget National
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  sneak some zucchini on your neighbor's Porsche day, which is
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  awesome too. But I covered that one last
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  year. With all these great contenders,
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  I bet you're wondering which one wins.
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  Well, none of them. Because today is International
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  Cat Day, and if you're a cat owner, you already know that
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  every day is basically Cat Day in your house anyways.
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  But today makes it official. A global celebration of our
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  feline friends and their mysterious, wonderful ways.
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  International Cat Day was created in 2002 by the
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  International Fund for Animal Welfare to raise awareness about
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  cat welfare and to celebrate the bond between humans and these
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  fascinating creatures. And honestly, it's about time
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  cats got their due recognition. I can't believe I just said
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  that, but the truth is, cats have been putting up with us
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  humans for thousands of years. From being worshipped as gods in
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  ancient Egypt to becoming the undisputed rulers of the
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  Internet, there are over 600 million cats in the world.
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  Pets, strays, and feral cats, each one with their own distinct
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  personality. Some are lap cats who purr like
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  tiny engines, others are aloof observers who judge you from
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  across the room, and some are playful acrobats who somehow
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  defy the laws of physics on a daily basis.
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  But here's what's remarkable about cats.
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  They teach us something profound about independence, self respect
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  in the art of being comfortable in your own skin.
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  Plus, they go to the washroom in little boxes with wood pellets
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  in them all by themselves automatically.
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  They just do it. Amazing.
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  Which brings us to today's quote from Ernest Hemingway, who was
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  famously a cat lover and once said a cat has absolute
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  emotional honesty. Human beings, for one reason or
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  another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.
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  Hemingway understood something essential about cats that many
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  of us could learn from. Cats don't pretend.
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  They don't fake enthusiasm, they don't laugh at jokes that aren't
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  funny, and they certainly don't stick around if they're not
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  interested in your company. When a cat purrs, they mean it.
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  When they walk away from you, they mean that, too.
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  When they bring you a dead mouse at 3:00 AM, well, that's their
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  version of a love letter, whether you appreciate it or
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  not. There's something refreshing
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  about that level of authenticity.
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  In a world where we're often encouraged to be diplomatic, to
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  smooth over our feelings, to be polite even when we're
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  frustrated, cats remind us that there's value and honest
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  expression. Not rudeness, but genuine
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  authenticity. Think about it.
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  Cats have mastered the art of setting boundaries.
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  They'll come to you when they want affection, and they'll
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  retreat when they need space. They don't feel guilty about
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  their needs, and they don't apologize for being who they
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  are. I used to hate cats.
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  I think I can trace this back to my cousin's cat when I was a
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  kid. I woke up at their house 1
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  summer and his cat was on the bed.
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  I reached out to Pettit and it scratched me across the face.
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  After that and a couple other incidents I decided cats were
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  evil assholes. I even went so far as to wear a
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  pin that said I hate cats with a picture of a cat with crosshairs
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  on it. I got in many friendly arguments
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  with one of my best friends, the late, great Ian Cooper, who was
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  a genuine cat lover. I said dogs are better.
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  He disagreed. Years later, we had a serious
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  mouse problem in the townhouse we were living in, and we
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  decided to get cats. Not that my views had changed, I
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  just disliked mice more. But the cats turned out to be
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  pretty cool, and not just because they quickly solved the
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  mouse problem. They had their own personalities
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  and were authentically cool. Needless to say, when my friend
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  Ian saw on Facebook that I actually liked our cats, he said
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  I knew this day would come. But just for the record, I do
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  admit that cats are cool, but dogs are still better.
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  So today, whether you have a cat, love cats, or just admire
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  them from afar, take lessons from Hemingway's observation and
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  try a little more emotional honesty in your own life.
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  Maybe that means speaking up when something bothers you, or
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  allowing yourself to show genuine enthusiasm when
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  something excites you. Be more like a cat, authentic,
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  self respecting, and unafraid to ask for what you need.
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  That's going to do it. For today.
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  I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be Bach
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.