Elaine Khosrova -Dessert is like a feel-good song. The best ones make you dance

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for October 14th.Today is National Dessert Day, a celebration that gives us permission to indulge our sweet tooth without guilt. Observed annually on October 14th, this delicious holiday honors the grand finale of every meal, the sweet reward at the end of the day, and one of life's simplest and most delicious pleasures.What makes National Dessert Day wonderful is that it celebrates not just the food itself, but what dessert represents – celebration, indulgence, the sweet moments in life that make everything else worthwhile.Today's quote comes from author Elaine Khosrova, who said:"Dessert is like a feel-good song. The best ones make you dance."Khosrova's observation captures something essential about why desserts matter beyond just satisfying our sweet tooth. Desserts are emotional food – they're tied to celebration, comfort, nostalgia, and joy in ways that main courses rarely are.Think about your own memories around desserts. Maybe it's your grandmother's chocolate cake that she made for every birthday. Maybe it's the ice cream sundaes you shared with friends after stressful exams. Maybe it's the wedding cake that marked one of the happiest days of your life. These desserts weren't just sugar and flour – they were the soundtrack to meaningful moments.When Khosrova says the best desserts make you dance, she's talking about that pure, uncomplicated joy they can bring. There's something almost childlike about the delight of a really good dessert – it bypasses our adult cynicism and connects us to simple pleasure. A bite of perfect chocolate cake, a spoonful of homemade ice cream, a warm cookie fresh from the oven – these can genuinely lift our spirits and make the world feel a little brighter.National Dessert Day reminds us that sometimes life needs a soundtrack of feel-good moments, and dessert is one delicious way to provide it.As you head into your Tuesday, embrace the spirit of National Dessert Day. Treat yourself to something sweet – whether it's a fancy pastry from a bakery, a simple bowl of ice cream, or that chocolate bar you've been saving.But more than that, think about Khosrova's wisdom. What else in your life could be a "feel-good song" that makes you dance? What simple pleasures have you been denying yourself because you think you need to be more serious, more disciplined, more adult?Life needs its desserts – both literal and metaphorical. Those moments of uncomplicated joy, those permissions to simply enjoy without justification, those sweet experiences that make everything else worthwhile.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.