Margaret Atwood - A word after a word after a word is power

The Daily Quote podcast pageThe Great News Podcast pageThe Great News LetterVoicemail feedback line – 1-877-636-1474CONTACT MEWelcome to The Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for May 9th. Now, today is Alphabet Magnet Day. Yes – the very same colorful letters that cling to your refrigerator and spell out things like “buy milk,” “don’t forget lunch,” or, if you're particularly creative – spell your own name or a coded message just to mess with your kids. Alphabet magnets are playful, nostalgic, and a gentle reminder of how we first learned to express ourselves – one wobbly plastic letter at a time. So today’s quote is perfectly aligned with this simple but powerful concept of communication. It comes from the author Margaret Atwood, who said: "A word after a word after a word is power." Let that sink in. Think about how those little alphabet magnets – clumsy, colorful, often scattered across the fridge – can be rearranged to form a message that makes someone smile, laugh, or remember to take the chicken out of the freezer. That’s power. Words don’t have to be lofty or complex to matter. The power is in the sequence – how one letter becomes a word, how one word becomes a sentence, and how a sentence can stick in someone’s mind for years. Alphabet magnets may seem like child's play, but they’re also a subtle tribute to the magic of expression – to the raw building blocks of poetry, persuasion, and protest. So today, maybe take a minute to spell something encouraging on your fridge, or at least double-check that what’s up there isn’t something you drunkenly arranged two weeks ago. Either way, embrace the joy of language, one magnet at a time. That’s 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.