{"id":2361,"date":"2026-05-25T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2026-05-24T06:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:47:01","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-may-25th-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2361","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days May 25th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">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 wp-block-paragraph\">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-0f70e924b634251cfc899c396e8d8859 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 relax your whole body gradually<\/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-326aeeff6e78d6aeda969489c01db29a wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br>Silence<\/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-0b79bc2b21f729a91cb7b1184a9f75df wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The ancient Greeks had nine muses. The early<br>Roman king, Numa Pompilius, wisely added one<br>more \u2013 Tacita, the muse of silence. For silence can<br>be as powerful as the loudest of noises. Anyone<br>observing two minutes of silence on Remembrance<br>Day would agree. The value of communal silence is<br>not appreciated as it used to be. Mediaeval monks<br>valued silence greatly:<br>Everywhere peace, everywhere serenity.<br>Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx.<br>Do I recognise the power of silence?<\/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-615de5a9ad750c16f5ac67bf2f1239a8 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br>The Prophet Elijah in his cave, listening for the<br>sound of God\u2019s voice, said:<br>It was not heard in wind, earthquake or<br>fire, but in the sound of sheer silence.<br>Silence isn\u2019t empty, it\u2019s often full of answers. Just a<br>few minutes of silent meditation each day gives our<br>brain and more importantly, our soul, a chance to<br>rest and regenerate. Today I will find time for<br>silence and I will appreciate the peace it brings.<\/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 relax your whole body gradually Silence The ancient Greeks had nine muses. The earlyRoman king, Numa Pompilius, wisely added onemore \u2013 Tacita, the muse of silence. 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