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Pam Brown - In a world gone bad, a bear – even a bear standing on its head – is a comforting, uncomplicated, dependable hunk of sanity · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Welcome to The Daily Quote, a podcast designed
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  to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host Anna Mcgevern for November 7th.
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  Today is National Hug a Bear Day, celebrating those faithful
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  companions that have comforted children and adults alike for
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  over a century. The teddy bear was born in 19
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  O2, named after President Theodore Teddy Roosevelt after
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  he refused to shoot a captured bear on a hunting trip.
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  A political cartoon captured the moment and a toy maker created a
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  stuffed bear in his honor. The teddy bear became an instant
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  sensation. What makes teddy bears special
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  isn't just their softness, it's their constancy.
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  They never age, they never judge, they never leave.
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  They're there for the scrape knees, the first days of school,
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  the lonely nights. And somehow many of them survive
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  well into our adult years. Writer Pam Brown perfectly
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  captured their importance when she once said, in a world gone
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  bad, a bear, even a bear standing on its head, is a
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  comforting, uncomplicated, dependable hunk of sanity.
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  Brown understands something essential.
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  We all need something to hold onto when life gets complicated.
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  Teddy bears don't require anything from us.
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  They don't need to be fed, walked or entertained.
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  They simply exist to be there, offering quiet companionship
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  without demands or conditions. In an increasingly complex world
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  full of uncertainty, a teddy bear represents simplicity
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  itself. Pick it up and it's exactly what
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  it was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
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  Soft, safe, familiar. That's not childish, that's
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  wisdom. She may have been talking about
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  teddy bears, but in my neighborhood we have plenty of
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  actual bears, black bears galore, and we see them all the
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  time walking down the street and in the trails by her house.
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  And my wife took the dog for a walk a couple of nights ago,
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  just after dark, because she needed to get a couple thousand
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  more steps. Make 10,000 and on the sidewalk
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  in front of her, there was a bear walking towards her.
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  She didn't think it was comforting at all, but maybe if
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  the bear was standing on his head, she would have thought
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  that was funny. Anyway, today, hug a teddy bear.
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  If you still have your childhood bear, pull it out of storage.
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  If your kids have one, respect its importance.
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  If you don't have one, maybe it's time to get one.
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  Comfort has no age limit because Pam Brown was right.
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  In a complicated world, sometimes the most sophisticated
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  thing we can do is hold on to something simple.
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  That's going to do it. For today, I'm Andrew McGivern,
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  signing off for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Then Pod Time fame Pod station with another daily quote.