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Henri Frederic Amiel - Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time. · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Welcome to the Daily Quote podcast, designed to
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  kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Anna Macgibbon for December 13th, today's
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  National Cocoa Day, celebrating the rich, warm beverage that has
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  been bringing comfort to cold hands and weary souls for
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  centuries. Hot cocoa dates back over 5000
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  years to ancient Mesoamerica, where the Mayans and Aztecs
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  consumed it as a bitter, spicy drink, far different than the
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  sweet version we know today. They believed chocolate had
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  divine properties and even used cocoa beans as currency.
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  When Spanish explorers brought cocoa to Europe in the 16th
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  century, sugar was added, transforming it into the sweet,
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  comforting drink that spread across the continent.
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  By the 19th century, hot cocoa had become a winter staple, the
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  perfect antidote to cold weather and difficult days.
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  Today, whether you prefer it with marshmallows, whipped
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  cream, or plain, hot cocoa reminds one of life's simple
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  pleasures. And that brings us to today's
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  quote from Swiss philosopher Henry Frederick Emil, who
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  captured something beautiful about warmth and comfort when he
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  wrote Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it is
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  cooled off. It takes you by surprise at
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  first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
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  A meal's comparison is perfect. Love, like hot chocolate, has
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  that initial shock, the intensity, the heat, the way it
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  catches you off guard. You think you're ready for it,
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  but that first moment still surprises you.
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  But here's what makes both love and hot chocolate remarkable.
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  The lasting warmth. Long after that first sip, you
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  feel it spreading through you. Your fingers warm up your chest
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  feels later. The chill that had settled into
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  your bones slowly melts away. Love works the same way.
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  The initial rush might be, but the warmth remains.
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  It settles into something steady and sustaining.
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  It keeps you warm long after that first surprise, through
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  cold days and difficult seasons. Hot cocoa is comfort in its most
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  concentrated form. Sweet, warm, exactly what you
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  need when the world feels cold. It's love you can hold in your
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  hands. It's warmth you can taste.
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  So today, make hot cocoa. Not the instant kind.
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  They're real stuff. Take your time, use good cocoa,
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  add a pinch of something special.
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  Cinnamon, vanilla, A-OF cayenne if you're feeling adventurous,
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  and maybe a little bit of Baileys.
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  And better yet, make it for someone else.
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  Pour it into a real mug, hand it to them.
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  Warm because Emil was right. Hot chocolate, like love, takes
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  you by surprise and keeps you warm for a long time.
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  In a cold world, that's something worth sharing.
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  That's going to do it for today. I'm Andrew Mcgibbon, signing off
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  for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.