{"id":2300,"date":"2026-05-05T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:47:01","slug":"daily-reading-of-recovery-days-may-5th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2300","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading of Recovery Days May 5th 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-66adf122f1ce98ada33ab388cc6da6bf\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 send positive thoughts<\/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-947507d158cc4ff601613a031632a22d\"><strong><br>Kindness<\/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-66eb8398fa50ae9737154acefbefa131\"><strong>Kindness is a greatly under-rated quality. The often<br>quite random acts of kindness we may experience<br>in our lives are seldom forgotten. The barriers we<br>put up to showing kindness to others are often<br>unintentional: anxiety, fear, insecurity. These<br>are feelings most people experience regularly.<br>We sense our need to address them, and this turns<br>us inwards, leaving little time for considering<br>the needs of others. Yet, kindness soothes the<br>troubled soul of both giver and receiver. Can I<br>overcome my barriers to kindness?<\/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-152162524f2ff940cb85300e66b890a3\"><strong><em>There is a balm in Gilead,<br>To make the wounded whole.<br>There is a balm in Gilead,<br>To heal the sin-sick soul.<br>Sometimes I feel discouraged<br>And think my work\u2019s in vain,<br>But then the Holy Spirit<br>Revives my soul again. Spiritual Hymn.<\/em><br>Can I find that light of unselfish kindness I<br>sometimes see in others? Today I ask God for the<br>wisdom to make myself kinder and the courage to<br>make that happen.<\/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 send positive thoughts Kindness Kindness is a greatly under-rated quality. The oftenquite random acts of kindness we may experiencein our lives are seldom forgotten. 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