{"id":943,"date":"2024-05-11T07:21:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T06:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=943"},"modified":"2024-05-11T07:21:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T06:21:17","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-may-11th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=943","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days May 11th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Giving<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life is mostly froth and bubble,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two things stand alone \u2013<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kindness in another\u2019s trouble,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courage in one\u2019s own.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam<\/em> Lindsay<\/em> Gordon.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The<\/strong> <\/strong>poet<\/strong> <\/strong>is<\/strong> <\/strong>right<\/strong> <\/strong>in<\/strong> <\/strong>highlighting<\/strong> <\/strong>these<\/strong> <\/strong>two<\/strong> <\/strong>great<\/strong> <\/strong>qualities.<\/strong> <\/strong>And<\/strong> <\/strong>no<\/strong> <\/strong>doubt,<\/strong> <\/strong>the<\/strong> <\/strong>more<\/strong> <\/strong>kindness<\/strong> <\/strong>we<\/strong> <\/strong>show<\/strong> <\/strong>to<\/strong> <\/strong>others,<\/strong> <\/strong>the<\/strong> <\/strong>more<\/strong> <\/strong>courage<\/strong> <\/strong>we<\/strong> <\/strong>shall<\/strong> <\/strong>have<\/strong> <\/strong>in<\/strong> <\/strong>times<\/strong> <\/strong>of<\/strong> <\/strong>need<\/strong> <\/strong>because<\/strong> <\/strong>we<\/strong> <\/strong>will<\/strong> <\/strong>have<\/strong> <\/strong>built<\/strong> <\/strong>up<\/strong> <\/strong>our<\/strong> <\/strong>resilience<\/strong> <\/strong>and<\/strong> <\/strong>sense<\/strong> <\/strong>of<\/strong> <\/strong>purpose<\/strong> <\/strong>and<\/strong> <\/strong>self-esteem.<\/strong> <\/strong>Kindness,<\/strong> <\/strong>like<\/strong> <\/strong>anything<\/strong> <\/strong>given<\/strong> <\/strong>away,<\/strong> <\/strong>will<\/strong> <\/strong>come<\/strong> <\/strong>back<\/strong> <\/strong>to<\/strong> <\/strong>help<\/strong> <\/strong>us.<\/strong> <\/strong>Do<\/strong> <\/strong>I<\/strong> <\/strong>appreciate<\/strong> <\/strong>the power of giving?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I should remember that kindness is always within my power,<\/strong> <\/strong>even<\/strong> <\/strong>when<\/strong> <\/strong>love<\/strong> <\/strong>is<\/strong> <\/strong>not.<\/strong> <\/strong>The<\/strong> <\/strong>world<\/strong> <\/strong>would<\/strong> <\/strong>be<\/strong> <\/strong>a<\/strong> <\/strong>happier<\/strong> <\/strong>place<\/strong> <\/strong>and<\/strong> <\/strong>I<\/strong> <\/strong>would<\/strong> <\/strong>feel<\/strong> <\/strong>happier<\/strong> <\/strong>too,<\/strong> <\/strong>if<\/strong> <\/strong>I<\/strong> <\/strong>showed<\/strong> <\/strong>more<\/strong> <\/strong>kindness.<\/strong> <\/strong>There<\/strong> <\/strong>are<\/strong> <\/strong>far too many people whose lives are so hard that they depend on<\/strong> <\/strong>the<\/strong> <\/strong>kindness<\/strong> <\/strong>of<\/strong> <\/strong>strangers.<\/strong> <\/strong>Today<\/strong> <\/strong>I<\/strong> <\/strong>ask<\/strong> <\/strong>God<\/strong> <\/strong>to<\/strong> <\/strong>make<\/strong> <\/strong>me<\/strong> <\/strong>a<\/strong> <\/strong>channel<\/strong> <\/strong>of kindness to people in my daily life, whatever I am doing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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