{"id":2576,"date":"2025-07-18T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2025-07-17T19:39:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:39:18","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-july-18th-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2576","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days July 18th 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-1de678ba8b384877d849a4d4bf2fddd1\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 breathe slowly<\/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-fa0704c32e907723d6006f40cb47aca1\"><strong><br>Dreams and reality<\/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-ef05ab9bed7a0d465e58de94ecdec14f\"><strong><br><em>It\u2019s the possibility of having a dream come<br>true that makes life so interesting.<br>Paolo Coelho.<\/em><br>Not all dreams are worth working for. Are yours<br>valid? Imagine all your life pursuing a dream only to<br>find at the moment you have it, that it\u2019s not up to<br>scratch. Sometimes a finite goal is better than a<br>dream. When you achieve your dream \u2013 perhaps to<br>be a millionaire \u2013 it can be a huge disappointment.<br>Perhaps it\u2019s true what they say: the pleasure is in the<br>journey, not the arrival. Be careful what you wish<br>for. Will I be glad when my dreams come true?<\/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-9ecd7c29045eee6bcd0e817aac17514b\"><strong><br>Are my dreams actually just desires, a mirage of<br>endless pleasure that will turn to dross? A dream<br>worth pursuing has to be for a valid purpose.<br>Setting ourselves up to follow a dream like that is<br>fine but we should not become obsessed:<br>If you can dream and not make dreams<br>your master. Rudyard Kipling.<br>Whatever we achieve, there will still be things to do<br>after that. I ask to balance my dreams with reality.<\/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 breathe slowly Dreams and reality It\u2019s the possibility of having a dream cometrue that makes life so interesting.Paolo Coelho.Not all dreams are worth working for. Are yoursvalid? 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