Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 10th.Today is National Lager Day – celebrating the crisp, cold beer that brings people together.Lager is the world's most popular beer style, accounting for over 90% of global beer production. The name comes from the German word "lagern," meaning "to store," because these beers are fermented and stored at cold temperatures for weeks or months.But National Lager Day isn't really about fermentation temperatures or brewing techniques. It's about what happens when you pour two pints and push one across the table to a friend.
That brings us to todays quote from C.S. Lewis who understood this perfectly. He once wrote:"The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over a pint of beer."Lewis spent many of his happiest hours with friends at the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, drinking beer and talking about everything from theology to poetry to complete nonsense. Those conversations shaped some of the greatest literature of the 20th century.But notice what Lewis is really saying. It's not the beer that's good. It's the two friends talking. The beer is just the excuse, the ritual, the thing that says "we're not in a hurry here. We're going to sit and actually be present with each other."Lager, with its clean, approachable flavor, is the perfect drink for this. It doesn't demand attention. It supports conversation. It's social by nature.Lewis knew that some of life's best moments happen in ordinary places – a pub, a table, two friends, and time to talk. That's not frivolous. That's essential.Today, raise a lager. Better yet, invite someone to share one with you.Not for any special occasion. Not to celebrate anything particular. Just to sit together. Talk. Laugh. Be present.Lewis was right. The sun looks down on nothing half so good as two friends talking over a pint of beer.So find your pub, your table, your friend. The lager is just the excuse. The friendship is the point.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.