Suppose we have a polyhedron $P \subseteq R^n$ and let $d \in P$ be a recession direction, that is $\{ x + \alpha d \mid \alpha > 0\} \subseteq P$ for all $x \in P$.
Why does $\{ x + \alpha d \mid \alpha > 0\} \subseteq P$ for some $x \in P$ imply $d$ is a recession direction ?