LIFE FOR A LIFE(!)

LIFE FOR A LIFE
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THE REASON

CONTENTS
POEMS
Travel by Edna St, Vincent Millay..............p.3-4
We and They by Rudyard Kipling..........p.9-10
EVS erasmus+
ARTICLES
My EVS experience
(By Gkotsika Eleni).....................p.13-15
EVS info..............................................p.16
Step by Step!
Evs mood photoshooting.......p.17-25
Travel stories......................................p.5-6
Why we need to travel................p.7
The point of travelling.................p.11-12
• Smart print.................................p.8
• Colour correspondences............p.2

For purification, unity and all kinds of Blessings, improve your spirtuality
To conjure the forces of planet Saturn, to expel negativity, get rid of bad habits and unwanted situations,
unblocking
For love, romance, friendships,peace, peace and health of mind and emotions, family relations
For general use as it is the symbol of magical power, to conjure the element of fire and the forces of planet Mars,
for passion, good luck, sex magic and health spells,if you want something to happen really fast,dark as defence
To conjure the element of air and the planet Mercury, for communicatrion and contact with other spirits and
realms
For attraction spels, road opening and good luck
To conjure the element of water and the forces of planet Jupiter, for dream magic, job spells, weather spells
For success spells, to conjure the forces of the Sun, wealth spells
To conjure the forces of the Moon, ypu may use along with silver and golden colored cords for money spells
To conjure the element of the Earth and the forces of the planet Venus, for money and abundance spells,
for health spells, for tranquality
To empower your magical self and your magical abilities, for astra projection
Peace, inspiration,spirit
connection,psychic awareness
Protection,warming,repelling or
warning of negative
energy,mystical wisdom
Spirituality,angels,faith,protection,pu
rification,hope
Unconditional
love,romance,caring,compassion,har
mony,faithfulness,honor,inspiration
Good
furtune,passion,emotions,courage
,money,security
Energy,change,optimism,success,n
ew ideas,creativity,physucal love
Mental alertness,vision,joy,
cheerfulness,intelligense
Universal consciousness,spirtual
connection, heightened spiritual growth
Health,healing,nature,money,prosperi
ty,success nature/plant/animal spirits
Stability,grounding,endurance,home,res
pect,friendship

Travel Stories…
Absolutely petrified. That’s one way of
describing my anxiety before jumping out a
plane at 15,000 feet. But I had never done
anything like this before so that made it
desirable. What makes traveling different is
the unknown, the ability to experience new
things without over thinking it. So that’s
what I did; at 15,000 feet of course. And I
can honestly say that it was the best
experience of my life. Complete silence as I
free fell into nothingness. It was exhilarating.
We were in Kathmandu waiting for Kumari to
come out of the palace. She is a goddess and a
very young girl, chosen among a large number of
Newari female candidates according to strict body
figures and after frightful trials. She cannot lay her
feet on the ground, so servants carry her on a
sedan out of the palace. She’s not looking to
anything in particular with her composed gaze,
almost ignoring everyone. It’s a bittersweet
condition: her destiny is already written, she soon
will be a woman and will lose her goddess status,
as another Kumari shall be appointed.
Kumari Goddess on Kathmandu
Joana Nielsen
It’s true that it’s the people who make the difference!
I’m lucky to be traveling with my best friend Hannah
but don’t worry about doing it alone either because we
have met the most incredible people….
Like stopping for a bike break in Hoi An and ending up
doing shots of rice wine at the insistence of Vietnamese
War Veterans, some of which were missing limbs but
still had the biggest smiles and funniest stories.
Nela Nicolsenkya

This was it. What was I thinking? “Stephanie, you have
never climbed a mountain in your life, never mind
starting with Kilimanjaro.” At that stage there was no
going back, it was time to take on the challenge. After
spending two months living with a Massai Tribe, the
decision came to tackle Kili with three friends.
This was an experience I will never forget. These
overwhelming feelings of happiness, fear, tiredness,
excitement and anxiety all at once.
Standing at the highest peak of Africa I told myself,
this was my time. It was time to challenge myself and
do it while seeing the world.
One of my all-time favorite countries to travel in is India. If you have
ever been you know that this is one of the craziest countries in the
world to drive in. The streets are crowded, the cars share the road with
cows, camels, horses, dogs, bicycles, huge trailers, tuk-tuks, buses and
pretty much everything that moves.
The rules: there are no rules. They use their horn for pretty much
everything and if you want to drive past someone you just honk your
horn and drive around. When we took taxis in the northern parts of the
country I saw my life flash before my eyes every five minutes.
In New Delhi we had an awesome taxi-driver that drove us around the
city for a couple of days. In the world’s second most populous city you
have to be pretty crazy to become a taxi driver. At least that is what we
thought sitting in the backseat of his taxi listening to AR Rahman, the
Mozart of Madras blasting threw the broken speakers whilst dodging
cars and cows.
I ask him: “so what makes a good taxi driver in Delhi?”
He says: “a good taxi driver needs three things; good breaks, good horn
and good luck!”
Laughing and smiling after he gave us his words of wisdom he
continued to drive us safely through the streets of New Delhi.
Jacob Harlenkton
I always use public transport; I believe it is the best
way of getting to know a country. On route from Lake
Wenchi to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia I had not only the
bumpiest journey of my life but also the most bizarre.
Chickens casually strolling around nibbling on my toes,
two goats strapped on the roof, people sitting on my
lap meanwhile the driver also acted as a DJ playing
only ABBA tunes for 3 hours. Loved it.
Samira Bredtse

Taste
Travel
Explore
Feel
Learn
With these first independent steps away from the
parental presence lies the atavistic or recurring
wish to reach out beyond the current confines of
space and relationship
and see what is further away. And yet further again
to see what is not visible, what is around the next
corner, in the next room and eventually on the
other side of our geographical or psychological
world.
Travel is more than going somewhere. It’s a
psycological event!
HUMANS LOVE to travel. Mentally or physically,
they escape to other places. They crave adventure.
They seek the unknown. They want to see new
places, learn new things, enjoy new experiences
and then return home to the familiar, the
predictable, the secure, before taking off again on
their travels.
This departure-return behaviour has its origins,
perhaps, in the early exploratory behaviour of the
child. Research has shown that children who are
"securely attached" to their parents, sure of their
affection and protection, and who know that their
parents will respond to their needs, are more
independent, adventurous and exploratory in their
play and behaviour.
Observations of infants show that from the safe
base of having a parent present and available, the
infant dares to move away a short distance and
then return to the parent, to move a little further
and return, until in incremental and amazingly
measurable distances it explores the environment
that surrounds it and has the courage to move
beyond it.
This is a human need. It is why we have uncovered
our world, travelled its length, hiked to the top of
its mountains and the depth of its oceans. It is why
we became discontent with exploring our own plant
but had to move beyond it into the unknown. It is
why, as poet TS Eliot reminds us, we will "not cease
from exploration".
It is our nature to travel. It is our joy to travel. It is
our paradoxical psychological disposition to wish for
the contradictory conditions of stability and change:
to stay and to go, to be and to explore, to rest and
to travel unceasingly.
Travel is more than going somewhere. It is a
psychological event. It requires motivation and
imagination. It begins in childhood with faltering
first steps and with imagination fired by the tales of
"long, long ago in a faraway land".
We emerge from these fantasies of childhood
determined to cross the oceans, to find those
faraway lands, the characters they containand the
magic they hold. Determined to find the adventures
they promise and the prospect of returning home
triumphant with trophies having vanquished all
fear, overcome all obstacles and live happily eve
after.
By Marie Murray, clinical psycologist and Irish times
columnist
This may be the first symbolic travel: the first
departure, the first expedition and the possible
beginning of the travel bug for those for whom
their initial independent voyaging was successful.

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Hand bag
Passport/ID
Cards(Business/credit)
Notebook
Pen/Pencil
Hand lotion
Water
Wallet
Sunglasses/Glasses
Keys
Clothes
Tops
Bottoms
Dresses
Cardigans
Blazers/Jackets
Undergarments
Pajamas
Socks
Shoes
Belts
Hat
Toiletries
Toothpaste
Toothbrush
Hair brush
Shampoo
Conditioner
Shower gel
Face wash
Deodorant
Hair products
Feminine products
Ibufrofen
Electronics
Smartphone
Charger
I pad/Charger
Laptop/Charger
E-reader
Camera
Back-up battery
Power bank
Accessories
Earrings
Bracelets
Necklaces
Rings
Handbags
Extras
Driving license
Insurance
Torch
Cash
Towel
Wet wipes
Games
Sweet/Candy
Snack
Books

We and they (by Rudyard Kipling)
FATHER, Mother, and Me
Sister and Auntie say
All the people like us are We,
And every one else is They.
And They live over the sea,
While We live over the way,
But - would you believe it? - They look upon We
As only a sort of They !
We eat pork and beef
With cow-horn-handled knives.
hey who gobble Their rice off a leaf,
Are horrified out of Their lives;
And They who live up a tree,
And feast on grubs and clay,
(Isn't it scandalous?) look upon We
As a simply disgusting They!
We shoot birds with a gun.
They stick lions with spears.
Their full-dress is un-.
We dress up to Our ears.
They like Their friends for tea.
We like Our friends to stay;
And, after all that, They look
upon We
As an utterly ignorant They!

We eat kitcheny food.
We have doors that latch.
They drink milk or blood,
Under an open thatch.
We have Doctors to fee.
They have Wizards to pay.
And (impudent heathen!) They look
upon We
As a quite impossible They!
All good people agree,
And all good people say,
All nice people, like Us, are We
And every one else is They:
But if you cross over the sea,
Instead of over the way,
You may end by (think of it!) looking on
We
As only a sort of They !

The point of travelling
‘’Travelling, if i was to put a label on it, it’s (like
life) a schizophrenic chameleon. It’s a party, it’s
an escapist, it’s lonely as helland it’s beautiful.’’ –
Paul Harrington
Sometimes, i find my´self sitting in a bar full of
young minds and beautiful people - all speaking a
language that i cannot understand. Yes, i can
interact, if i pull myself together. However, if i
don’t, then i better prepare myself for another
lonely Tuesday night in a strange city.
People often ask, ‘’why did you start travelling?’’,
and i’m sorry to reply that i don’t have a definite
answer. However, isn’t it just cool to find yourself
walking towards the train stationin Budapest
when all of sudden, some backpacker you met last
week in Krakow calls out your name? Hm, i didn’t
even plan on staying another night, but i’m glad i
did. Running wild, up and down the streets of
Budapest with Nathan and some of his travel
mates totally changed my overall view of the city.
We were on the biliards table when i asked the
barman to call us a taxi to some boat party we’d
heard about. The oppurtunity to give the barman my
business card, while inviting him to view one of my
photo galleries around Europe. Lucky me, his
girlfriend had just finished a photography course.
Thus, a new friend was made. He then pulled out 4
VIP passes to the boat party and handed them to me,
just in case we needed to get in and yes, we did.
Isn’t it funny how interesting we look while
travelling abroad? We were more open to meeting
new people and exchanging stories and ideas. Back
home, not many people would randomly stop me in
a pub, just to ask me where i’m from. So, is
travelling my escape mechanism?
The next morning, i was gone, again. Struggling to
find a bit of sleep on the train, while passport control
keeps flipping past every page and stamp as if he’s
looking for an excuse not to allow me to enter the
country. But he does and after he leaves, the cute
Slovakian girl across the aisle finally speaks to me in
my own native language – ‘’i take it that you are from
America?’’ I return a smile before i speak, realising
that her words and whatever happens next is just
another brilliant reason behind the point of travelling.

1. Y ou feel more rested and restored.
Getting away from everyday stress helps
restore both body and mind, and having new
experiences takes your mind away from the
day-to-day problems and allows it to
concentrate on taking in new sights, smells,
tastes and sounds. After a couple of days, you
can actually feel your body start to relax.
3. Y ou create quality time with loved ones.
With the hustle and bustle of everyday life,
we often forget to make time for quality
interactions with friends and family.
Traveling together allows you to share and
enjoy experiences together, plus it creates
precious memories that will be recalled
over and over again throughout the years
to come. Be sure to take pictures for visual
touchstones of special times.
5. Y ou learn new skills.
Travel itself creates new challenges and
enables you to expand your skill set. In
addition, trying new things such as Italian
cooking school, water skiing or ziplining
stretches your physical or mental aptitude
and gives you both enjoyment and
confidence at the same time.
7. Y ou see the world through fresh eyes.
Getting out into the world lets you see ways
of life that may be different from your own.
When you immerse yourself in the local
culture and see how others live, it puts your
life into perspective. Somehow, your
problems don’t seem so overwhelming any
more.
2. You get to play.
We have far too little play in our lives, so
travel lets us channel our inner child and
see the world with fresh eyes. Do
something you haven’t done since
childhood, like ride a carousel or swim in
the cool blue ocean. You’ll find yourself
smiling as the stress melts away.
4. You find yourself again.
When you’re out in the world, you see
things in a new light, and with the
stimulation of new surroundings, you can
often have flashes of inspiration or insights
into your own soul. You might be inspired
to renew your interest in painting after
visiting a gallery or sitting by a mountain
lake, or you might remember a longforgotten
goal that suddenly becomes a
new focus.
6. You have more time to think.
Plan time to “do nothing” when you travel.
Sit on a mountaintop, go fishing, bask in
the sunshine or take a long nap. Let your
mind wander as you reflect, meditate or
dream. You’ll find yourself generating new
ideas from your random thoughts.
That is why we need travel. If we don’t
offer ourself to the unknown,our senses
dull. Our world becomes small and we lose
our sense of wonder. Our eyes don’t lift to
the horizon, our ears don’t hear the sounds
around us. The edge is off our experience,
and we pass our days in a routine that is
both comfortable and limiting. We wake up
one day and find that we have lost our
dreams in order to protect our days.
Kent Nerburn

Once upon a time…

Was (not) a litlle girl,
named Eleni!

erasmus +
The moment before,
sitting in my comfortable coach with friends, speaking,
laughing like always. Suddenly, for the first time i say it loud
‘something is missing’. That was the first step.After few days
with a magic way the solution was there! In front of my eyes
EVS Denmark .
-Hmmm! What is this EVS? - Is that only for university
students? -And what is erasmus+ , is that different?
-Oh! Yeah! This is for me!
No seconds thoughts!
So sudden, so magic!
Sometimes one moment is enough to change your life!
Let’s begin
I am in Denmark, specifically in a small village
named Løgstør! First thought: ‘What i have?’ Second
thought: ‘What i don’t have?’ No language! No
friends! No family! No idea from Løgstør! Good!
Lucky me, i live in a flat with three others volunteers.
Anna, Martina and Maria! First challence, share a flat
with a strangers! -Come on! Why we are still here,
let’s discover Løgstør! And the friends appear very
quick in my new life!
My project is with people with mental dissabilities. If
you ask me, no special skills, no experience. But YES
let’s try it! I am here to learn. I am here to offer my
help and i am ready to try everything! A few weeks
later, i am already In! My colleagues are the best!
My colleagues are not my colleagues any more, are
like a family. A really big family actually! I can trust
them, i can say anything i want! And they hear me!
But what happen till now with the language? 8
months later i understand and i can speak the
basics! No, i don’t have special magic skills to learn
new languages! Is the EVS program again that makes
the magic! Yeap! They offer you language lessons for
free!! It’s true! Believe it!
I will ask again my self ‘ What i don’t have?’ or
better ‘What i have?’. -I have new friends!
-I have people can trust like family -I have new
language skills -And i know Løgstør better than my
area in Greece!! Not so bad, for decision of the
moment!!
Many thanks to my
organizations

European Voluntary Service
Choose a project
Find an organization
Apply for it
Start your journey!!
Take a look!
http://europa.eu/
https://europeanvoluntaryservice.org/
https://www.icye.dk/evs-projects-denmark/
https://youineurope.gr/
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