Aristotle - Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 28th.Today is National Call a Friend Day – a reminder to pick up the phone and reconnect.In our text-first world, actual phone calls have become rare. We emoji react, we voice note, we message. But call? That feels almost formal now. National Call a Friend Day pushes back on that trend, encouraging us to have real conversations with real voices.There's something irreplaceable about hearing someone's voice. The warmth, the laughter, the pauses. Text can't capture that. A phone call creates presence in a way digital communication can't match.Aristotle understood the depth of true friendship when he wrote:"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."Aristotle's definition is beautiful and true. Real friendship isn't just proximity or shared interests. It's deeper connection – two people who understand each other so completely they become extensions of one another.You know this friend. The one who finishes your sentences. Who knows what you're thinking before you say it. Who gets the joke before you tell it. That's not coincidence. That's Aristotle's single soul dwelling in two bodies.But that connection needs maintenance. Souls dwelling together require communication. And sometimes, a text isn't enough. You need to hear their voice. You need the back-and-forth of conversation. You need the realness of a phone call.National Call a Friend Day reminds us: these connections are precious. Don't let them atrophy through neglect. Pick up the phone.Today, call a friend. Not text. Call.Pick someone you haven't talked to in too long. Someone you keep meaning to reach out to. Someone who makes you laugh, who gets you, who knows your soul.Don't overthink it. Don't wait for the perfect time or the perfect reason. Just call. Say "I was thinking about you." That's enough.Because Aristotle was right. True friendship is two souls connected. But souls need voices to keep that connection alive.So dial. Talk. Laugh. Remember what it feels like to hear your friend's voice and think: yes, there's the other half of my soul.That's worth a phone call.That's going to do it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern signing off for now but I'll be back tomorrow. Same Pod time, same Pod Station - with another Daily Quote.