Then I Met Margaret

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Then I Met Margaret was a meticulously selected set of short stories from the author’s life. Each individual story contained an ordinary person or instance that had a profound effect on his life. Starting out in a small town when he was a little boy, the stories continued to follow him through college and his various job endeavors. Ranging from small life situations like sitting in a soda shop to more adventurous stories like running with the bulls, they all had an immense impact on his life. Following every story he revealed what he previously thought and how his thinking had changed due to the encounter he experienced. He wrote about visiting high paid, professional gurus, however his life changing moments always transpired from the ordinary

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