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Ansel Adams - No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied – it speaks in silence to the very core of your being · 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, Andrew McGivern for December 11th.
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  Today is International Mountain Day, a United Nations observance
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  celebrating the importance of mountains to have life on Earth.
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  Mountains cover 27% of the planet's surface and provide
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  fresh water to half of humanity. They're home to incredible
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  biodiversity, unique cultures, and some of the world's most
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  spectacular landscapes. But mountains are also fragile
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  ecosystems, increasingly threatened by climate change,
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  deforestation and unsustainable tourism.
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  International Mountain Day reminds us that mountains aren't
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  just scenic backdrops, they're vital to our survival and
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  deserve our protection. Photographer Ansel Adams, who
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  spent his life capturing the Sahara, Nevada, understood the
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  power of mountains. He once wrote.
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  No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large Granite Mountain
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  cannot be denied. It speaks in silence to the very
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  core of your being. Atoms knew that mountains don't
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  need words. They communicate directly,
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  bypassing our intellect and speaking straight into something
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  deeper. You can be the most educated,
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  cultured, sophisticated person in the world.
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  You can have advanced degrees and impressive credentials.
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  You can know all the geological terms, understand plate
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  tectonics, grasp the science of erosion.
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  But when you stand before a mountain, none of that matters.
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  The mountain doesn't care about your sophistication.
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  It simply is massive, ancient, undeniable.
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  And something inside you responds, not from your brain,
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  your core. That silence Adams describes is
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  profound. Mountains don't shout.
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  They don't need to. Their presence is enough.
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  They've been standing for millions of years.
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  They'll be standing long after we're gone.
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  That perspective, that humbling sense of scale, it speaks to us
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  whether we want to hear it or not.
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  Today, honor the mountains. If you can go to 1, stand out of
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  space, look up and let it speak its silent truth to your core.
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  If mountains aren't nearby, find a photo.
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  Really look at it. Not at the technical details or
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  the beauty. Look at the mountain itself.
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  Let it be what it is. Ancient, undeniable, indifferent
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  to everything except existence itself.
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  Because Adams understood what mountains teach us.
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  We're small, life is short, and there's something humbling and
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  freeing about standing before something that cannot be denied.
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  Listen to that silence, let it speak.
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  That's going to do it for today. I'm Anna McGivern, 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.