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Hey Moji Maniacs!
Today's Emoji-A-Day post is all about the sweetness 🍫 of second chances, even when you are feeling a little frozen! 🧊
Imagine you are skating smoothly along the ice, moving with grace and speed, when suddenly your feet slip and you tumble to the ground. Discouragement, and maybe even some embarrassment, wash over you. You are tempted to just lay there, frozen in defeat. With a deep breath, you push yourself up, brush off the frosty frustration, and start again. ❤️🔥
You gather up more and more speed, gaining confidence as you go, preparing to move into a difficult skating trick. As you land your next jump with a triumphant flourish, a wave of relief and pride washes over you as you skate forward.⛸️ It's like biting into a rich square of dark chocolate – a sweet reward for your perseverance. 🍫
Just like a tenacious skater, life can be filled with unexpected falls. But is not about avoiding the falls, it's about how we rise and shine again. ☀️
Today, on National Get Up Day and National Dark Chocolate Day, take some time to think about the power of second chances, the deliciousness of overcoming challenges, and how the power to bounce back, dust ourselves off, and keep moving forward is in our own hands. We just have to remember to never, ever give up - no matter what! And who knows, maybe a little dark chocolate indulgence along the way can provide the perfect boost! 🌟
✅ QUICK MOJI BITS & BYTES ✅
- Did You Know - The oldest pair of ice skates ever found are over 3,500 years old! ⛸️
- Dark Chocolate - Packed with antioxidants, can improve mood and brain function. 🧠
- Did you know? The chocolate bar emoji is the 11th most popular food and drink emoji used on Twitter? 🏅
- Chocolate fun fact - The first chocolate bar was created in Switzerland in 1847. Sweet innovation! 🇨🇭
- Figure Skating - Requires both physical strength and mental resilience.
- Chocolate Fun Fact - The average person consumes 11 pounds of chocolate a year! ⚖️
Bonus Byte
- Get Up inspiration - According to Wikipedia, there are over 40 figure skating films. We think they are missing several! But it's still a good list to check out a comeback storyfor some "Get Up" inspiration! 🎞️
🎆 INSPIRATION QUOTES OF THE DAY 🎆
~ A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down ~
- Mia Hamm
~ ...when you stumble, keep faith. And when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on. ~
- Hillary Clinton
~ My dad always said, ‘Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.’ ~
- President Joe Biden
Bonus Prompts
- Share a recipe for a healthy, delicious dark chocolate treat!
- Offer tips on how to overcome challenges and celebrate small victories.
🌈 GET YOUR CREATIVITY ON 🌈
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Moji Mashup 🍫 + 🧊 = ?
In this Moji Mashup, we paired the Chocolate Bar 🍫 emoji with the Ice 🧊 emoji - to illustrate how you can get stuck (frozen) - but you can break out and GET UP! Check out our Facebook or head over to Pinterest to see the nitro art we cooked up in Google Emoji Kitchen today! ❄️ -
Chocolate Bar on Emojipedia 🍫
Dig into the chocolate bar description and tech origin details, and unique emoji design versions across different platforms at Emojipedia, the ultimate emoji encyclopedia! 📚📲
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Playlist - Head over to Spotify to check out the Sweet Second Chances Playlist for these tracks (and more!) that inspire you to get up and keep going! ❤️🔥
- Up Again - Dan Bremnes
- Good, Bad, Ugly - Red Velvet
- Rise Up - Andra Day
- Skate - Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
- The Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr.
- Fight Song - Rachel Platten
- Sweet Like Chocolate - Shanks & Bigfoot
- Confident - Demi Lovato
- Chocolate - Kylie Minogue
- Whatever It Takes - Lighthouse
Drop your suggestions in the comments below, and who knows, your fave jam might just sweeten up the existing playlist! 😉
Every stumble or fall is a chance to rise stronger and sweeter (stronger too!) than before. Grab your IRL or metaphorical dark chocolate, take a deep breath, and get ready to conquer your next challenge! You got this! 🙌
Don't forget to share your "Get Up" stories using #MojiChallenge and inspire others to keep going. See ya for tomorrow's emoji adventure! 🎉 Keep believing in yourself! We believe in you! ✨
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