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Elaine Khosrova - All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. · 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 Anna McGivern for October 18th, today's National
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  Chocolate Cupcake Day, a celebration that honors that
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  perfect single serving delight. A rich, moist, chocolatey cake
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  ground with a heavenly dollop of frosting.
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  Observed annually on October 18th.
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  This day reminds us that sometimes the best pleasures
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  come in small, individual packages.
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  The concept of the cupcake date backs to 1796, when Amelia
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  Simmons included a recipe for a cake to be baked in small cups
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  in her cookbook, American Cookery.
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  What makes National Chocolate Cupcake Day delightful is its
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  permission to be a little selfish.
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  Unlike a cake meant for sharing, cupcake is yours alone, personal
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  portion of happiness that you don't have to divide with anyone
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  else. And that brings us to today's
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  quote from author Elaine Kasrova, who once said all you
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  need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't
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  hurt. This quote is often actually
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  misattributed to Charles M Schulz, gritter of Peanuts, but
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  it captures exactly what National Chocolate Day
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  celebrates. Yes, love is essential.
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  Connection matters, Relationship sustain us.
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  But sometimes we also need those small moments of pure,
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  uncomplicated pleasure that chocolate provides.
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  Think about what chocolate cupcakes really represent.
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  It's not about grand gestures or elaborate celebrations.
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  It's about permission to enjoy something sweet just because you
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  want to. It's about recognizing that
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  self-care sometimes looks like treating yourself to something
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  delicious without needing a reason or an occasion.
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  The beauty of the chocolate cupcake is its
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  unpretentiousness. It doesn't claim to be
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  sophisticated or refined. It's not trying to be
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  impressive. It's just honestly,
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  straightforwardly delicious, and there's something refreshing
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  about that kind of simple pleasure in our complicated
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  world. National Chocolate Cupcake Day
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  reminds us that while we can't survive on dessert alone, we
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  also shouldn't deprive ourselves of life's sweet moments.
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  Balance includes both the essential and the enjoyable.
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  So today, embrace the spirit of National Chocolate Cupcake Day.
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  Treat yourself to a chocolate cupcake if you can, whether you
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  bake one, buy one from a bakery, or grab one from the store.
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  But more importantly, give yourself permission to enjoy
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  small pleasures without guilt. What other little chocolates
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  have you been denying yourself? Maybe it's taking a real lunch
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  break. Maybe it's reading for pleasure
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  instead of just for productivity.
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  Maybe it's saying no to something you don't want, so you
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  can say yes to something you enjoy.
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  Remember Kasrova's wisdom. Focus on what's truly important,
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  but don't forget that life needs its sweet moments too.
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  You need love, connection, purpose and occasionally you
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  also need chocolate. That's going to do it for today.
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  I'm Anna Mcgibbon, signing off for now, but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.