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Anne Lamott - Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you · 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 our host Andrew McGivern for September 16th.
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  Today is National Play DoH Day, and before you dismiss this as
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  just some other silly holiday, hear me out.
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  Play DoH has one of the most fascinating origin stories in
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  the world of toys because it wasn't originally intended to be
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  for kids at all. It started its life in the 1950s
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  as wallpaper cleaner, if you can believe it.
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  But when Cincinnati based company Kootal was struggling to
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  sell their cleaning product, they pivoted and remarketed it
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  as a modeling compound for kids. That pivot saved the company and
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  gave the world something magical.
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  Plato has been sparking creativity in children and
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  adults for over 7 years now. It's malleable, forgiving, and
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  endlessly transformable qualities that make it that
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  perfect metaphor for human potential.
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  Today's quote comes from writer and Lamont, who said almost
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  everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes,
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  including you. Lamont's wisdom perfectly
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  captures what makes Plato so therapeutic and transformative.
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  Think about it. When you're stressed,
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  overwhelmed, or stuck, what do you often need most?
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  A reset. A chance to unplug from the
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  complexity and return to something simple and tactile.
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  Plato offers that kind of reset. There's something profoundly
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  calming about working with your hands, shaping something
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  physical, grading without pressure.
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  It pulls you out of your head and into the present moment.
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  Your breathing slows down, your shoulders relax, and suddenly
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  problems that seemed insurmountable start to feel
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  more manageable. The beauty of Plato is that it
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  forces you to slow down. You can't brush clay.
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  You have to work with it, respond to it, and let it teach
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  you what it wants to become. In our hyper connected, always
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  on world, that kind of analog experience is incredibly
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  valuable. It's a form of unplugging that
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  doesn't require a meditation app or a weekend retreat, just your
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  hands and some colorful clay. When you roll that play DoH back
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  into a ball and start fresh, you're practicing one of life's
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  most important skills, the ability to begin again, to
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  approach familiar challenges with renewed energy and
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  perspective. What dreams or projects have you
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  been approaching with doubt instead of belief?
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  What would change if you brought the same confident imagination
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  to your goals that a child brings to a lump of play DoH?
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  Maybe there's an idea you've been dismissing as too simple or
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  too ambitious. Maybe there's a conversation
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  you've been avoiding because you don't believe it will go well.
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  Maybe there's a creative pursuit you've been putting off because
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  you don't believe you have the talent today.
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  Try believing in the possibility first and let that belief guide
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  your actions. Remember, Plato started his
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  wallpaper cleaner. Sometimes the most extraordinary
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  things come from believing ordinary materials and become
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  something magical. That's going to do it for today.
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  I'm Anna McGivern, 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.