{"id":2410,"date":"2025-06-08T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2410"},"modified":"2025-06-07T08:04:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T07:04:35","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-june-8th-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2410","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days June 8th 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-adeab3e0fe1736ac8f9b37f65a14736c\"><strong>Enough<\/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-daa7b7e9bfe140a4f7b700bfc708eacb\"><strong><br>So many of our problems are caused by wanting.<br>Part of this comes from our raised expectations. In<br>the West, capitalism is based on the idea of<br>consumerism and economic growth. Many of us<br>have far more than we need. It is hard in such a<br>climate to simply make do with enough, and<br>altruism often does not seem strong enough in the<br>face of glossy advertisements and celebrity-led<br>videos. Elsewhere in the world, people struggle to<br>put food on the table, if they have a table at all.<br>Twelve Steps are partly an example of unselfish<br>living. Do I remember that by following their<br>principles I may be seen as 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-b7b1096bec8b1b38188cce91cd576bb6\"><strong>Two men were talking at a conference. One said:<br>Tom, how does it make you feel to know that<br>man over there made more money today than<br>you will make in all your life? Tom said: I feel<br>happy, because I\u2019ve got something he can never<br>have \u2013 the knowledge that I\u2019ve got enough.<br>Anon.<br>When you realise that you have all you need,<br>then you can look at the world in a different way.<br>Today I give thanks for all that I have and ask<br>nothing more.<\/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 Enough So many of our problems are caused by wanting.Part of this comes from our raised expectations. 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