And Then I Met Margaret: Stories of Ordinary Gurus I've Met

by Rob White

Overview

From humble beginnings, Rob White went on to become very successful in the real estate and restaurant business. At the same time that he began enjoying material wealth, he experienced a deepening feeling of inner emptiness. So he sought out world-class gurus to help him understand better how to live a full, rich life. However, he eventually discovered that the most helpful gurus aren't necessarily bestselling self-help authors, world-famous keynote speakers, or famous workshop leaders - they're unassuming gurus that everyone encounters on their journey through life. These "everyday" teachers awakened Rob to powerful insights and life lessons that are superb starting points for a new life. This book recaps twenty one of Rob's awakening moments in inspirational, warm, and entertaining stories. You'll read about a grade school student who, with one simple question, helped Rob gain a deeper understanding of the true meaning of life. You'll meet a Maasai mother who demonstrated that we're much more than we dare to imagine. And you'll meet a former peanut vendor who turned medical wisdom on its head by simply deciding that he wasn't going to die. And Then I Met Margaret demonstrates that life is always supporting you by sending the right and perfect person to help you learn what you next need to know in order to grow. Rob wrote this book to alert you to the many unexpected teachers who can help shatter the myths that keep you from you experiencing life to the fullest and achieving your dreams and goals. After reading And Then I Met Margaret, you'll never see the world the same way. You may even recognize an unexpected guru or two as you travel the journey of your life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780980229967
Publisher:	Mind Adventure, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/18/2013
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Rob White, as founder of Mind Adventure, Inc., presents seminars and provides training tools and resources designed to help individuals awaken to and experience the truth about their marvelous potential as human beings. His articles appear regularly in The Huffington Post.
Please visit: www.robwhitemedia.com

Editorial Reviews

2017-02-06
A self-made successful businessman shares how he unlocked the true key to inner peace and happiness in this debut book. A writer, lecturer, and innovative creator of Mind Adventure Inc., a consultancy program for professional and personal growth, White describes his humble beginnings as a child growing up enveloped in the friendly company of his beloved aunt and uncle. Yet he found himself confined to struggle in a poor Massachusetts mill town "scrambling for money." This lean living motivated him to treat his youth as an atmosphere to grow from, not toward. As an adult, the author developed a talent for making money in business arenas such as real estate, restaurants, and entrepreneurialism. Still, even amid the great wealth he'd amassed by middle age, the perks of a luxury lifestyle and an accomplished professional reputation left him feeling incomplete. "My exterior world reflected material wealth, but my interior world was spiritually bankrupt," he lamented. At age 50, a crisis of conscience brought White to the threshold of a higher understanding and valuing of peace and joy with a national and international quest for enlightenment. The inspiring life stories in White's book (many have appeared in the Huffington Post) offer a thoughtful profile of his youth and the guidance gurus and unassuming life teachers he met and learned from. From a mother in a Maasai village in Kenya and a 50-something Boston peanut vendor to the more popular spiritual coaches like Marianne Williamson and Deepak Chopra, they all encouraged the author to embrace a vast assortment of large and small personal transformational experiences. Even a grade school student named Margaret managed to awaken in him "the possibility of starting a new life, as a new person." Informed by meaningful encounters and leavened with humor, wit, and grace, White's narrative is powered by the theory that everyone thrives on a beneficial combination of internal wisdom and serendipity. Whether or not readers ascribe to this process is not the point. The message remains a clear and hopeful one, and the life lessons closing each chapter form a friendly reminder of the possibilities of genuine human potential if it is gilded in kindness and compassion. A warm, highly galvanizing, and proactive memoir about the power of spiritual satisfaction and self-integrity.

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