{"id":1389,"date":"2024-08-20T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2024-08-19T19:03:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:03:06","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-august-20th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1389","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days August 20th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ef09045cdd219b2a7794e6aaf0c7fbc8\"><strong>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ba1aa48c4a7173ea98b671762cfd9e33\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-17edef87043885040d05bfe3c1847adc\"><strong>YouTube&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_chris\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_ch<\/a>Remember M<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-26f88d9ea7673a2c9e01daed54e66154\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-283ac8a0f7d59c67eb6aa59cda303681\"><strong><br>Ego<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-75544482a41e6c4dae09855854889762\"><strong><br>It\u2019s said that the three hardest things for most people<br>to do are: giving love in return for hate, including<br>the excluded, and admitting to being wrong. What<br>makes it so difficult for us? It\u2019s our old problem \u2013<br>our ego. We are so used to wanting success, fearing<br>the disdain of others and of not meeting their<br>expectations, that we find it acutely painful when<br>our pride is threatened. When we find inner peace, it<br>becomes unimportant what others think or say. Am I<br>too concerned about what people think of me?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-17223ee9f90f57f7b683a4babe0d3992\"><strong><br>The good in the world comes from love, the bad is<br>basically fear. The more that I fill my heart with<br>love, the less room there will be for fear. My fears<br>come from my lack of insight and lack of trust.<br>Situations that frighten me are manageable when I<br>understand them properly. There may be situations<br>that I cannot understand, but if I really believe in a<br>Power greater than myself, then I should trust and<br>not be afraid. Today I reflect on this<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p YouTube&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_chRemember M Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly Ego It\u2019s said that the three hardest things for most peopleto do are: giving love in return for hate, includingthe excluded, and admitting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1389\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17,31,20],"tags":[11,28,30,33,23,32],"class_list":["post-1389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-addiction-recovery-2","category-behavioural-addiction-2","category-daily-inspiration","category-living-skills","tag-addiction-recovery","tag-castle-craig","tag-daily-inspiration","tag-fellowship","tag-meditation","tag-recovery-journey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1424,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions\/1424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}