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	<title>Thirty Seconds</title>
	
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	<description>Our Thirty Seconds is a journey on which we are both passenger and pilot. We make hopeful choices every moment of every day, some more noteworthy than others. Ultimately these choices fill our Thirty Seconds...</description>
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		<title>The Greatest Show on Earth…</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akoehn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thirtyseconds.us/?p=1804</guid>
		<description>[This is a very rough draft of the final chapter of my book-in-progress called, "This Trip..."  (Working Title.)  In keeping with my non-conformist approach I give you the conclusion first.]
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that my life here on earth is going to be even better than it was before.  I say [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>Does This Make Sense?</title>
		<link>http://www.thirtyseconds.us/does-this-make-sense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akoehn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thirtyseconds.us/?p=1796</guid>
		<description>[Very short because I promise I continue to write, "This Trip..." but sometimes I just need to do a quick blog post.]

I noticed something yet again:  I&amp;#8217;m more of an observer of this life&amp;#8230;than a creator of this life.  (Ironic that I observed that, isn&amp;#8217;t it?)
I&amp;#8217;ve been reacting to events&amp;#8230;instead of consciously taking action to [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>Pain, Pain…Go Away.</title>
		<link>http://www.thirtyseconds.us/pain-pain-go-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akoehn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thirtyseconds.us/?p=1783</guid>
		<description>I didn&amp;#8217;t grieve.  I spent this past year avoiding sadness&amp;#8230;attending to stuff and people instead.  I wrote a bunch&amp;#8230;formed new friendships&amp;#8230;lost others&amp;#8230;found my heart and lost it again.  I thought I discovered the fast track through grieving (I hate that word) but I found out I&amp;#8217;m not special at all.  I&amp;#8217;m on my knees again&amp;#8230;feeling [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>I miss her…</title>
		<link>http://www.thirtyseconds.us/i-miss-her/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akoehn</dc:creator>
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		<description>Please indulge me for a little while.  So much of what I write and share is self-indulgent BS that ends with some sort of lesson.  I don&amp;#8217;t think this will be one of them.  I can&amp;#8217;t put it any simpler than to say that I miss Laura more today than at any other time since [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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