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unknown author - Life is like a sandwich – you have to fill it with the best ingredients · 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 Mcgibbon for November 3rd.
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  Today is National Sandwich Day, celebration of what might be the
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  world's most perfect food invention.
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  Legend has it that in 1762, John Mantegu, the 4th Earl of
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  Sandwich, was so engrossed in a gambling game that he didn't
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  want to leave the table to eat. But we asked for his meat to be
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  served between two pieces of bread, allowing him to eat with
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  one hand while continuing to play cards with the other.
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  Whether this story is entirely true or partly legend, the
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  sandwich stuck. And thank goodness it did,
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  because what would lunch be like without sandwiches?
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  From the humble peanut butter and jam that fueled our
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  childhoods to the elaborate club sandwich stacked high with
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  Turkey bacon and all the fixings, sandwiches have become
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  a universal language of comfort and convenience.
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  They're democratic, equally at home in a brown paper lunch bag
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  and on the menu of a five star restaurant.
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  They're portable, customizable, and infinitely variable.
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  National Sandwich Day is our annual reminder to appreciate
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  this brilliant culinary innovation that brings people
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  together one delicious bite at a time.
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  And that brings us to today's quote from an unknown author who
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  wisely observed life is like a sandwich.
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  You have to fill it with the best ingredients.
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  This simple quote captures something profound about both
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  sandwiches and life itself. Think about it.
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  A sandwich is only as good as what you put into it.
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  Start with stale bread and a questionable lunch meat and
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  you're in for a disappointing meal.
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  But take quality ingredients, fresh bread, ripe tomatoes,
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  crisp lettuce, flavorful cheese, and suddenly you've got
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  something special. Life works the same way.
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  We're all building our own sandwiches every single day.
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  The bread represents the foundation, our values, our
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  character, the filling. Those are our choices, our
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  relationships, our experiences, our attitudes.
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  And here's the beautiful part. Unlike the Earl of Sandwich's
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  original meat, between bread creation, our life sandwich
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  doesn't have to be limited to what's immediately available.
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  We get to be intentional about our ingredients.
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  We can choose kindness over bitterness.
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  We can select gratitude instead of complaint.
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  We can add layers of learning, friendship, venture and purpose.
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  This, like a master sandwich maker, knows that balance
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  matters. You don't want too much of one
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  thing overwhelming everything else.
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  We need balance in life too. All work and no play makes for a
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  pretty one note existence. Just like a sandwich with only
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  mustard wouldn't be very satisfying.
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  So here's your challenge for National Sandwich Day.
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  Think about your life sandwich. Which ingredients are you using?
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  Are you filling your days with activities and people that
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  nourish you, or are you settling for the stale and flavorless?
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  Are you adding new experiences and learning opportunities or
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  sticking with the same old routine?
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  Today, celebrate sandwiches. Maybe grab your favorite one for
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  lunch or try making something new at home.
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  But also take a moment to consider if your life were a
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  sandwich, would it be 1 you'd be excited to eat?
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  Remember, you're the sandwich artist here.
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  You get to choose the ingredients.
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  So make it delicious, make it nutritious, make it uniquely
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  yours, and don't be afraid to add a little something
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  unexpected. That's often where the magic
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  happens. After all, life's too short for
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  boring sandwiches. That's going to do it.
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  For today. I'm Andrew 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.