{"id":2389,"date":"2025-06-03T17:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2025-06-03T17:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:42:12","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-june-3rd-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2389","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery days June 3rd 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-26f88d9ea7673a2c9e01daed54e66154\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly<\/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-ccf7253179614364c6563847356cc2c7\"><strong><br>Awareness<\/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-bcf0c07e3c692bd3387de0daf8303edf\"><strong>By putting our awareness into the present moment,<br>we remove our minds from everyday matters and<br>focus on what we are feeling and thinking in the<br>here and now. We recognise and accept our<br>body\u2019s sensations at this instant, in the calm<br>knowledge that this experience in time is all that<br>we really have. Mindfulness is about keeping<br>things simple, listening to our body and not<br>wanting anything else. When we stay in the<br>moment, we are freeing ourselves from all<br>illusions \u2013 those strange ideas and attitudes that<br>lead us into so much trouble. Can I close my eyes<br>and enjoy this moment of peace?<\/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-09c59757d1d4fd536da51c6218508a09\"><strong><em>Nowhere can man find a quieter or more<br>untroubled retreat than in his own soul.<br>Marcus Aurelius.<\/em><br>This Roman Emperor and philosopher tells us how<br>peace and acceptance can be achieved, even in the<br>midst of a highly demanding lifestyle. We can be<br>distracted far too easily by events that in<br>retrospect appear meaningless. Balance is vital for a<br>contented lifestyle and contemplation is like balm to<br>the troubled soul. Today I ask God for the wisdom<br>to be mindful<\/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 close eyes briefly Awareness By putting our awareness into the present moment,we remove our minds from everyday matters andfocus on what we are feeling and thinking in thehere &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2389\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17,31,20],"tags":[11,15,28,27,30,26,33,23,22,32],"class_list":["post-2389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-addiction-recovery-2","category-behavioural-addiction-2","category-daily-inspiration","category-living-skills","tag-addiction-recovery","tag-addiction-treatment","tag-castle-craig","tag-connection","tag-daily-inspiration","tag-daily-reflections","tag-fellowship","tag-meditation","tag-recovery","tag-recovery-journey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions\/2394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}