{"id":1930,"date":"2026-01-20T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:44:03","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-january-20th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1930","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days January 20th  by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">View VIDEO on FView VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;Tiktok.com\/@recoverydaysacebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120<\/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-36e7e3b9e24c892f8fe7f7ca3c7811f1\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 sit comfortably<\/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-b296b782c049dd1a37b37c5e28c42411\"><strong><br>Spiritual principles<\/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-e74174b117b36fb7a72c1b27feabbabd\"><strong><em>Wear the world like a loose garment,<br>which touches us in a few places and there<br>lightly. St Francis of Assisi.<\/em><br>When I truly belong in the world, I can move<br>through it with confidence, knowing that my<br>thoughts and emotions will not be ravaged by life\u2019s<br>stresses and strains. If I can be \u2018in the world but not<br>of it\u2019 then I can live by spiritual principles that I<br>know to be right rather than subjecting myself to all<br>the ways of the world with its many negative<br>influences. Am I ready to live by principles that I<br>know to be right?<\/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-6e58df2dd78b02b5ab4040f7b70c99d8\"><strong>To be in the world but not of it, is to be like a boat<br>that floats on the water without sinking, even when<br>there are storms. But this can be hard at times and<br>even harder when we try to do it alone. One of our<br>most powerful resources is a role model, a person<br>who we see struggling with problems similar to ours<br>and overcoming them. If they can do it, so can I.<br>Today I pray that I may seek the company of others<br>and learn from them to trust and share.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on FView VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;Tiktok.com\/@recoverydaysacebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120 Remember Mindfulness \u2013 sit comfortably Spiritual principles Wear the world like a loose garment,which touches us in a few places and therelightly. 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