{"id":2243,"date":"2025-04-19T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2025-04-18T18:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:19:45","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-april-19th-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2243","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days April 19th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">View 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\/@recoverydays<\/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-782daad068584b6798565af9d6154218\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 review expectations<\/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-1f1b0d8860539e034e81b66301793128\"><strong>Power of example<\/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-a3b5b13ee049ad50b32d0fd6bc813e41\"><strong>The story of the Good Samaritan in the Bible is a<br>story of courage, compassion, and hope. It takes<br>courage to recognise injustice, to take a different<br>view from others and most of all, to act when others<br>do not. What motivated this brave person? It can\u2019t<br>have been a selfish desire for fame, although he is<br>famous &#8211; we do not even know his name. All his<br>actions were of giving. This totally unselfish and<br>anonymous act of kindness has affected more<br>people over the centuries than other gifts in history<br>though some involved great generosity too. The<br>power of example could not be better demonstrated.<br>Do I understand the power of example, so that I can<br>be an example to others?<\/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-3ca83bc1c790a9f366fd2b39461a8b39\"><strong>Courage to stand out and behave differently from<br>the crowd is a special kind of courage. When the<br>crowd is against you, they show a very negative<br>power of example that requires a special kind of<br>help to overcome \u2013 Higher Power. Today I ask God<br>for courage when I need to take a stand for what<br>is right.<\/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;Tiktok.com\/@recoverydays Remember Mindfulness \u2013 review expectations Power of example The story of the Good Samaritan in the Bible is astory of courage, compassion, and hope. 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