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Roald Dahl - A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men · 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 Mcgibbon for September 27th.
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  Today is National Chocolate Milk Day, and if that doesn't
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  instantly transport you back to childhood, you might need to
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  check and see if you actually had a childhood.
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  There is something universally comforting about chocolate milk
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  that transcends age, culture, and sophistication levels.
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  This beloved beverage has a surprisingly rich story.
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  While we enjoy it in school cafeterias and convenience
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  stores today, chocolate milk's origin traces itself back to the
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  1400s in Jamaica, where people were drinking hot beverages made
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  of cocoa, milk, and cinnamon. The drink evolved over
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  centuries, and by the 1800s it had become a popular treat that
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  could be enjoyed both hot and cold.
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  What makes chocolate milk special isn't just its taste,
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  it's the memories it carries. It's the drink that made
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  vegetables bearable, that sealed lunchbox trades, and that
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  somehow made everything better when we were feeling down.
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  National Chocolate Milk Day reminds us that some of life's
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  greatest pleasures are also its simplest ones.
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  Which brings us to today's quote from writer Roald Dahl, who once
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  said a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest
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  man. Dahl's observation captures
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  something essential about chocolate milk, and why National
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  Chocolate Milk Day matters more than you might think.
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  In our serious, grown up world of responsibilities and
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  deadlines, chocolate milk represents a delicious form of
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  nonsense. And that's exactly what makes it
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  valuable. Think about it.
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  Chocolate milk is essentially regular milk's fun, silly
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  cousin. It serves no practical purpose
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  that regular milk couldn't handle, but it brings joy,
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  nostalgia, and a touch of sweetness to ordinary moments.
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  It's liquid childhood in a glass, a reminder that not
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  everything in life needs to be practical or sophisticated to be
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  wonderful. Dahl understood that wisdom
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  isn't just about making serious decisions and solving complex
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  problems. True wisdom includes knowing
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  when to embrace the silly, the playful, the seemingly
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  unnecessary things that make life more delightful.
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  The wisest people are those who can appreciate both the board
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  meeting and a mustache made of chocolate milk foam.
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  When we dismiss simple pleasures like chocolate milk as childish,
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  we're forgetting that the capacity for joy and wonder is
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  one of our most valuable human traits, regardless of our age.
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  I had chocolate milk recently and it actually did bring back
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  some memories from when I used to drink a lot of chocolate
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  milk. I also used to enjoy drinking
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  Tang and peanuts mixed with raisins and chocolate chips.
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  We ate a lot of those all the time with our quick chocolate
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  milk. So today, think about Dahl's
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  wisdom regarding the value of nonsense.
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  What simple pleasures have you dismissed as childish or
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  impractical? Maybe today's the day to order
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  chocolate milk with your lunch. Maybe it's the day to skip
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  instead of walk, to sing in the car, or to do something small
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  and silly that makes you smile. Maybe it's simply remembering
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  that the capacity for delight is not something you outgrow, it's
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  something you choose to maintain.
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  The wisest people know that life needs both death and lightness,
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  both seriousness and silliness, both practical nutrition and
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  chocolate milk. That's going to do it.
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  For today, I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be
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  back. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.