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Carla Yerovi - Kindness is like sugar – it makes life taste a little sweeter. · 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 November 4th.
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  Today is National Candy Day, celebration of those sweet,
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  wonderful confections that have been bringing joy to people for
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  centuries. Candy has a surprisingly ancient
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  history. The first candies were made from
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  honey. In ancient times, people would
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  coat fruits, nuts, and even flowers with honey, preserve
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  them, and create sweet treats. Wasn't until sugar became more
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  widely available in the 16th and 17th centuries that candy as we
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  know it today really took off. The word candy itself comes from
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  the Persian word Khan, which means cane sugar.
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  From there, it traveled through Arabic, Italian, and French
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  before landing in English as candy.
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  Today, we have an almost overwhelming variety of candy,
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  from nostalgic classics like candy corn and peppermint sticks
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  to modern favorites like gummy bears and sour patches.
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  There's a candy for every taste and every occasion.
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  Whether you're a chocolate person or a hard candy devotee
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  or a gummy enthusiast, National Candy Day is your permission
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  slip to indulge. And let's be honest, arriving
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  just four days after Halloween, when many of us still have bags
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  of leftover candy sitting around the house, the timing is
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  perfect. Which brings us to today's quote
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  from possibly Carla Yarovi. Or maybe it's an unknown author.
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  It has been attributed to Carla, but this isn't widely
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  established. So, Carla, your Rovi might have
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  said kindness is like sugar. It makes life taste a little
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  sweeter. This beautiful comparison
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  captures something essential about both kindness and candy.
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  Think about what sugar does. It transforms things.
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  A plain cup of coffee becomes more enjoyable, unless you don't
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  like sweet coffee like me. I I prefer coffee without sugar
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  for sure. A tart lemon becomes lemonade.
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  Lame cream becomes ice cream. Sugar doesn't just add
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  sweetness, it enhances, elevates, and improves whatever
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  it touches. Kindness works the same way.
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  A simple act of kindness can transform somebody's entire day.
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  Holding a door, offering a genuine compliment, sending a
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  thoughtful text, listening when someone needs to talk.
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  These small gestures sweeten the sometimes bitter or bland
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  moments of life. And just like candy, kindness is
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  meant to be shared. Nobody makes candy just to keep
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  it for themselves. The whole point is the joy of
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  giving and receiving. You hand out Halloween candy.
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  You share your favorite chocolate.
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  You offer someone a piece of gum.
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  Kindness follows the same logic. It multiplies when you give it
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  away. Unlike actual candy, which we
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  can run out of, kindness is infinitely renewable.
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  The more you give, the more you seem to have a National Candy
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  Day. This quote reminds us that while
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  we're celebrating sweet treats, we can also celebrate and
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  practice the sweetness we bring to each other's lives through
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  simple acts of kindness. So here's your challenge for
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  National Candy Day. Yes, enjoy some candy.
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  You absolutely should. But also be candy for someone
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  else. Add a little sweetness to
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  someone's day. Send that encouraging text
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  you've been meaning to send. Compliment a Co worker.
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  Let someone go ahead of you in line.
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  Thank someone who usually goes unnoticed.
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  Leave an extra good tip. Call someone just to tell them
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  you're thinking of them. Be like sugar.
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  Transform something ordinary into something special through
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  the simple act of showing up with kindness.
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  Because while candy makes our taste buds happy, kindness makes
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  our hearts happy. And unlike candy, you can never
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  have too much kindness in your life.
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  So spread some sweetness today, both the edible kind and the
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  even better kind that comes from the heart.
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  That's going to do it 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 theme pod station with another daily quote.