{"id":2336,"date":"2026-05-17T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2026-05-15T06:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:06:21","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-may-17th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2336","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days May 17th 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-1b214ab7d4906dc7785e02254d71f009\"><strong><br>Doing 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-b7ef090d61c4ec2f7b0d70f29f7d3dfe\"><strong><br>We never know the full effect of our actions and we<br>each can contribute in ways that we never<br>imagined. There is a story that the official<br>acclamation for the building of the cathedral of<br>Santa Sophia in Constantinople was given not to the<br>Emperor Constantine, who commissioned it, but to<br>a poor widow named Euphrasia, who took a wisp of<br>straw from her mattress to give to the oxen who<br>pulled the blocks of marble to the site. The butterfly<br>effect can change history, and we are each a part of<br>the world\u2019s living history. Am I ready to play my part<br>in doing what I think right, no matter how<br>insignificant it may seem at the time?<\/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-464b008edd2689eff32d2e6d84b6fc83\"><strong><em>In all things, God works for the good of those<br>who love him. St Paul, Romans.<\/em><br>The smallest thing that I do, the smallest act of<br>kindness can have unimagined effects. I must never<br>think that I am insignificant or allow myself to not<br>act, because I think it unimportant. Today I will<br>strive to do my best in everything because, with<br>God\u2019s help, my actions may serve to help others in<br>ways of which I am not aware.<\/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 Doing right We never know the full effect of our actions and weeach can contribute in ways that we neverimagined. 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