{"id":2524,"date":"2025-07-04T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2524"},"modified":"2025-07-03T19:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:56:10","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-july-4th-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2524","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days July 4th 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-8a52cb339febc663195a0b0aac892ded\"><\/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-3c2ec9addb1f12ec46b4b111cc92648e\"><strong>Enjoy the simple things in life<\/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-de685ed3cb99af9bd55a3f151ec18ab1\"><strong><br>Happiness and good self-esteem are legitimate<br>goals in life and recovery gives us a second chance.<br>In that sense, we are truly fortunate. Life may be<br>difficult, but recovery should most certainly be<br>enjoyable, otherwise &#8211; what is the point? Our goal<br>should be to become \u2018Better than Well\u2019. If we keep<br>things simple and just try to do the right thing, we<br>will reach our goal in the end. Poet William Blake<br>wrote about the simple things of creation and the<br>need to know right from wrong:<br><em>To see a World in a Grain of Sand<br>And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,<br>Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hand<br>And Eternity in an Hour.<br>William Blake.<\/em><\/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-943dbe559b234e61b75e373196643cf9\"><strong><br>There is a choice in life between the material and<br>the spiritual \u2013 between wealth, pride and status on<br>the one hand and honesty, love and service on the<br>other. Which will be the dominant principle in my<br>life? It is difficult to try to achieve both. Wealth and<br>status are not necessarily evil, but I need to choose<br>whatever brings peace of mind and happiness.<\/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 Enjoy the simple things in life Happiness and good self-esteem are legitimategoals in life and recovery gives us a second chance.In that sense, we are truly fortunate. 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