{"id":2456,"date":"2025-06-26T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:56:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T16:56:45","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-june-26th-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2456","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days June 26th 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-b6be7f34df2113024094fd522eecd503\"><strong><br>Mindfulness<\/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-a1731a1913cf2116674060146754d776\"><strong>Are you listening? When you\u2019ve read this, close<br>your eyes. Listen to the sound of your breathing,<br>in through your nose and out through your<br>mouth. Listen for your heart beating. Try moving<br>other parts of your body. Can you hear tiny<br>sounds of skin on skin, perhaps a joint gently<br>creaking? Listen and identify if you can, the<br>sounds around you. Buildings make sounds too.<br>A door that shuts, a heating system that sighs.<br>Footsteps pass outside, a dog barks, a distant car<br>door opens. Our senses tell us so much. Take a<br>minute to listen and relax. There is a reason for<br>everything. Everything has its place and its<br>purpose. Do I accept my place in the world 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-33f428f447186fb0bca42c612558cd53\"><strong>The simple sense of living is joy enough.<br>Happiness starts with peace of mind.<br>Start by doing what\u2019s necessary, then do what\u2019s<br>possible; and suddenly you are doing the<br>impossible. St Francis of Assisi.<br>Today I will practice mindfulness and give<br>myself the opportunity to relax and think about my<br>place in creation while I wait to do God\u2019s will.<\/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 Mindfulness Are you listening? When you\u2019ve read this, closeyour eyes. Listen to the sound of your breathing,in through your nose and out through yourmouth. 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