{"id":2452,"date":"2025-06-24T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T16:50:49","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-june-24th-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2452","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days June 24th 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-2d2932273f9a73a200d62c2950e47275\"><strong>Reaching out<\/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-9c93f09e0615d5cb9b10dfbfedf1692f\"><strong>In moments of great emotional distress, when a kind<br>person says: I don\u2019t know what to say, they should<br>probably not say anything and just be there to listen<\/strong><br><strong>anyway. A gesture, however small, is often better<br>than words. When you smile at someone, it is a<br>small act of kindness. It is quite likely that those<br>who are happiest are those who do the most for<br>others; it is certainly worth a try. Am I ready to offer<br>help to others today?<\/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-0209a2a79669d8f88cfd5fbd3de09582\"><strong>In my father\u2019s house there are many rooms.<br>New Testament, St John.<\/strong><br><strong>I should imagine the world as my father\u2019s house and<br>people I meet, as his guests whom I should treat<br>with care and respect. Of course, this requires<br>humility and non-judgmental service. Have I<br>considered treating others in the same way as I<br>would like to be treated, if I were in need? Like it or<br>not, I am a part of mankind, and I cannot stay<br>detached, I must be involved. Today I ask God that<br>I will not stay detached but instead that I will find<br>opportunities to help others.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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 Reaching out In moments of great emotional distress, when a kindperson says: I don\u2019t know what to say, they shouldprobably not say anything and just be there to listenanyway. A gesture, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2452\">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],"class_list":["post-2452","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452","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=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions\/2492"}],"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=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}