{"id":965,"date":"2024-05-19T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=965"},"modified":"2024-05-18T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T16:47:09","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-may-19th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=965","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days May 19th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-289b2fc666045648611131bbd291ef67\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8af3197cab742cd6115e0eaf225b2698\"><strong>View VIDEO on Facebook  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120<\/a><\/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-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-a06af6d2583f62633c4be7455f1c4a70\"><strong><br>Honesty<\/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-ec345188431dddd51c25c9d3e85a38cd\"><strong><br><em>If you tell the truth, you don\u2019t have to<br>remember anything. Mark Twain.<\/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-18b811a54ee41a02a168089b39091175\"><strong><br>We are victims of our own dishonesty. The tangled web we weave when we tell lies, leaves us floundering and trapped. The stress of dishonesty is enormous, that\u2019s why lie detectors work so well. It\u2019s also why honesty, openness and willingness to change are the three components of successful therapy; unless you are honest, you cannot be yourself and then therapy becomes pointless. Some people get into the habit of telling lies because they learn at an early age that it keeps them out of trouble. Do I understand the harm that I do to myself through my dishonesty?<\/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-2287054cfda7419f43758ce30dad16e5\"><strong><br>Lack of self-honesty is at the root of all our emotional upheavals and troubles. If I can\u2019t give myself the honest respect that I deserve, then I probably don\u2019t trust myself enough to make the right judgments and choices. The danger of this is that I may adopt the standards and ideas of others instead \u2013 which may not be good. Much better to be sure of my own integrity and to choose according to my own ideals. I ask God today for the self-respect to value my principles.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p View VIDEO on Facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120 Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly Honesty If you tell the truth, you don\u2019t have toremember anything. Mark Twain. We are victims of our own dishonesty. 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