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Viktor Frankl - Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances · 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 Andrew McGivern for August 22nd.
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  Today is never been better day. And before you start wondering
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  about coffee beans or Lima beans, let me tell you about the
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  most heartwarming origin story you'll hear today.
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  This special observance was created to honor Bean, a golden
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  retriever therapy dog from Morgantown, PA, who has touched
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  countless lives with what his humans call being love Never
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  being Better. Day was founded in 2017 by the
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  Dragger Group and officially recognized by the National Day
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  Calendar to celebrate the unconditional love the dogs
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  bring to our lives, particularly therapy dogs like Bean.
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  Bean is a cancer survivor himself who has become a
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  celebrity therapy dog, spreading joy in hospitals, schools,
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  breeding programs and anywhere else people need emotional
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  support. What makes Bean special isn't
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  just his therapeutic work, it's his approach to life.
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  Despite facing his own health challenges, Bean embodies pure
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  joy, living completely in the moment and sharing love with the
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  bandit. The phrase never been better.
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  It captures that wonderful canine philosophy of finding
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  happiness in the simplest things, a belly rub, a walk, a
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  kind word, or just being present with someone who needs comfort.
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  Being and therapy dogs like him remind us that sometimes healing
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  comes not from complicated solutions, but from simple
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  presence, unconditional acceptance, and what Bean's
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  family calls spreading love everywhere you go.
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  Which brings us to today's quote from the famous psychiatrist and
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  Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankel, who once said
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  everything can be taken from a man but one thing, the last of
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  the human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set
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  of circumstances. Viktor Frankel's profound
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  insight connects beautifully to Bean's story and what therapy
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  dogs teach us about resilience and joy.
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  Here's a dog who survived cancer, yet chose to dedicate
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  his life to bringing comfort to others.
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  Bean didn't let his circumstances defined his
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  purpose or his capacity for spreading love.
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  Think about what Frankel is really saying that no matter
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  what happens to us, we retain the power to choose how we
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  respond. Bean embodies this truth in the
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  most beautiful way. He could have become a fearful,
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  withdrawn dog after his health struggles, but instead he chose
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  to become a source of healing for others.
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  This is what makes therapy dogs so remarkable.
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  They don't judge the people they comfort, they don't need to
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  understand complex problems, and they don't get discouraged by
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  setbacks. They simply choose, moment by
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  moment, to be present with love and acceptance.
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  And they've mastered what Frankel called the last human
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  freedom, choosing their attitude regardless of circumstances.
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  When Beam walks into a hospital room or sits with a child
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  learning to read, he's not thinking about his own past
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  struggles. He's choosing in that moment to
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  be fully present, with joy and compassion.
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  That's a form of freedom that many humans spend lifetimes
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  trying to achieve. The Never Being Better
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  philosophy isn't about defying difficulties or pretending
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  everything is perfect. It's about choosing to approach
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  each moment with curiosity, love, and the kind of resilience
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  that says no matter what has happened, I can still spread joy
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  today. So today, in honor of never
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  being better day and beings inspiring example, consider how
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  you might choose your attitude and whatever circumstance you're
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  facing. Like being, you have the freedom
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  to approach each moment with love, presence, and the kind of
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  joy that can heal both yourself and others.
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  Sometimes my dog, who isn't an actual therapy dog, is the best
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  at improving my mood. A wagging tail, smiling eyes,
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  and a few kisses, and instantly the world is a better place.
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  Sometimes the most profound healing comes from simple
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  presence and unconditional acceptance.
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  You don't need to be a therapy dog to spread a little love in
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  the world. You just need to choose moment
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  by moment to show up as your best self.
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  That's going to do it for today. May you have the courage to
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  choose joy despite your circumstances, and may you
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  always remember that every moment is a chance to spread a
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  little love in the world. And today is also my dad's
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  birthday. So happy birthday, Dad.
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  I'm Andrew 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.