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My view of the street as I sat on the bench outside the hotel

partial posting: Chia In Novograd-Volynski, Ukraine: Day 1 Part 1

All travel related posts will now appear at www.SendMeOnATrip.com and you can see this particular article at www.sendmeonatrip.com/chia-in-novograd-volynski-ukraine-day-1-part-1/. A partial post of the original will remain here for people that have bookmarked and/or shared this article URL.   Finally, another installment from my trip to Ukraine. This will be recapping my first full day in Novograd-Volynski…a small town about 200km
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Larisa at restaurant

partial posting: Chia’s First Day in Ukraine – Part 3

All travel related posts will now appear at www.SendMeOnATrip.com and you can see this particular article at www.sendmeonatrip.com/chias-first-day-in-ukraine-part-3/. A partial post of the original will remain here for people that have bookmarked and/or shared this article URL.   Ukraine has been on my mind a lot lately. Well, it tends to be on my mind a good bit considering it’s
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One of the many cool buildings I saw in Ukraine.

partial posting: Chia’s First Day in Ukraine

All travel related posts will now appear at www.SendMeOnATrip.com and you can see this particular article at www.sendmeonatrip.com/chias-first-day-in-ukraine/. A partial post of the original will remain here for people that have bookmarked and/or shared this article URL.   Alas, the time has finally arrived where I get to experience Ukraine for what it really is. I’ve done my research online,
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partial posting: Chia’s Ukraine Trip – Travel Day 1

All travel related posts will now appear at www.SendMeOnATrip.com and you can see this particular article at www.sendmeonatrip.com/chias-ukraine-trip-travel-day-1/. A partial post of the original will remain here for people that have bookmarked and/or shared this article URL.   Finally…some time (and getting over a cold) to start posting about my trip to Ukraine that I’ve been gushing about to everyone.
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partial posting: My Life Changing Trip to Ukraine

All travel related posts will now appear at www.SendMeOnATrip.com and you can see this particular article at www.sendmeonatrip.com/my-life-changing-trip-to-ukraine/. A partial post of the original will remain here for people that have bookmarked and/or shared this article URL.   I just returned from a trip to Ukraine and have to share this life changing experience as I can’t shake it from
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Are You Happy?

Are you happy? It seems like a simple question. The automatic response would be “yeah, I am.” Of course, that’s the problem with many answers these days…the automatic response. And sadly (sadly?), most automatic responses don’t involve real thought and generally involve “Good” or “not bad” answers. Are these true? Doubtful. Before we all think “oh boy, here comes a
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Help Me In My Quest To Help Others

As a partial-continuation of “Do We Have a Purpose In Life?”  I ponder how I can help others. I firmly believe I have a few things that I’m meant to do in life and it’s time to take these “tasks” seriously. I don’t really want to use the term “task” because it has a fairly down connotation like it’s some
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Instant Gratification…We Need To Slow Down

There’s no doubt that the pace of life has been speeding up as time marches on. Compare today’s lifestyle with that of someone from the 18th century and you won’t see very many similarities. We are increasingly finding the need for instant gratification…we need our food now, our news now, faster internet…we need it now!!! Interestingly enough, as we keep
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Your Outlook On Life

What is your outlook on life? Optimistic? Pessimistic? Indifferent? Do you learn from life’s lessons? Do you strive to be better or do you simply coast through life. There are a lot of people on this planet and there are a lot of different personalities. Some are go-getters while others seem to be under-achievers. Some seem to have all the
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Ten Things To Do Today And Every Day

Hello my fellow Wax Porhetoricians (Hm, I still need to think of a good name for us, don’t I? Feel free to leave some suggestions). A few days ago I was rearin’ to write as my mind was spinning with all sorts of goodness. Then, as things tend to happen in our crazy modern lifestyle, I let time pass as
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