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    You Can . . . Expect a Miracle
    You Can . . . Expect a Miracle
    You Can . . . Expect a Miracle
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    You Can . . . Expect a Miracle

    By John Hinwood

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    If you believe that miracles won’t happen to you then this book will change those beliefs.

    • Miracles are for everybody. You don’t have to be a goody-two-shoes!
    • Miracles will come your way, just when you don’t expect them!
    • You can get what you wish for; knowing how to wish is the secret!
    • To get your miracles, you need to know what a miracle looks like!

    To show you how easy it is, in this powerful book, the “Expect-a-Miracle man,” Dr John Hinwood shares real-life personal experiences of his friends and himself that will get you creating miracles in your own life.

    You’ll discover that the simple secrets and philosophies that are your stepping stones for miracle magic in your everyday life.

    Keep You Can Expect a Miracle! by your pillow to read again and again, not only for the stories that will touch your heart, but whenever you need a miracle . . . that source of inspiration that takes the perspiration out of life!

    For over 30 years coach, consultant and mentor, Dr. John Hinwood, has helped people around the world and in all walks of life find their own miracles.

    John’s experience as a health professional by training, successful businessman by effort and an inspiration by nature has given him an awesome array of practical tools for success.

    “This book will be a great source of inspiration to continually bring miracles into your life.” —Dr John F. Demartini, bestselling author of Count Your Blessings

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Hinwood
    Release dateMar 6, 2012
    ISBN9780975223390
    You Can . . . Expect a Miracle
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    John Hinwood

    Dr John Hinwood is an author, international speaker, mentor, coach and consultant whose clients are ‘largely’ health-care professionals. Dr Hinwood started his career in the 1960s as a high school teacher in Australia, England and South Africa before commencing his chiropractic studies in Canada in the mid 1970s. With his wife Judy, he travelled extensively all over the world off the beaten track from 1969 to 1973, overland from Australia through Asia and onto Europe. They spent time in Eastern Europe and Russia during the Cold War. They drove their Landrover transAfrica and then spent many months travelling by public transport all over South America and the Caribbean before arriving in Toronto, Canada in the fall of 1973. In late 1978, John and Judy returned to Australia and set up chiropractic practices in rural and then metropolitan communities. In 1985, he and Judy went to Chile and found three older children, Shavela, Ignacio and Rodrigo in orphanages whom they then adopted to have an instant family. John Hinwood is the CEO and Principal Mentor at the Centre for Powerful Practices which he founded with his wife Judy in 1991. He has an extensive client base worldwide, and publishes a weekly newsletter called Practice Pointers which is emailed to over 20,000 practitioners around the world. He has published numerous books and multi-media packages which can be purchased from the website www.powerful-practices.com, which is the ultimate resource for health-care practitioners. He has received many awards from chiropractic organizations around the world and is the recipient of the Parker International Award and Parker Humanitarian Award for his services to the chiropractic profession worldwide. He is a Fellow of the International College of Chiropractors (FICC), the Australasian College of Chiropractors (FACC) and the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM). In 2007 he founded Expect A Miracle Pty Ltd, a company whose sole purpose is to spread the joy of miracles around the world. In late November 2007, expectamiracle.com went online to provide a forum on the world wide web to allow people to continually post and share miracle stories 24 hours a day. As an international speaker, he inspires his audiences into taking practical action steps to move their lives to new levels. His perspectives, humor, observations, insights into life and entertaining stories are from the heart, and they inspire and motivate people into taking positive action steps.

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      You Can . . . Expect a Miracle - John Hinwood

      YOU CAN . . . EXPECT A MIRACLE!

      by

      Dr John Hinwood

      Website: www.expectamiracle.com

      Smashwords Edition

      * * * * *

      Published on Smashwords by:

      EAM Publishing

      PO Box 4125

      Forest Lake Qld 4078

      Australia

      Phone: + 61 7 3879 0069

      Fax: +61 6 3714 9700

      expectamiracle.com

      You Can . . . Expect a Miracle

      Copyright 2008 by Dr John Hinwood

      ISBN: 978-0-97522339-0

      Cover Design by Colin White

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author’s work.

      * * * * *

      If you believe that miracles won’t happen to you then this book will change those beliefs.

      • Miracles are for everybody . . . you don’t have to be a goody-two-shoes.

      • Miracles will come your way, just when you don’t expect them.

      • You can get what you wish for; knowing how to wish is the secret.

      • To get your miracles, you need to know what a miracle looks like.

      To show you how easy it is, in this powerful book, the Expect-a-Miracle Man, Dr John Hinwood shares real-life personal experiences of his friends and himself that will get you creating miracles in your own life.

      You’ll discover that the simple secrets and philosophies that are your stepping stones for miracle magic in your everyday life.

      Keep You Can Expect a Miracle by your pillow to read again and again, not only for the stories that will touch your heart, but whenever you need a miracle . . . that source of inspiration that takes the perspiration out of life!

      For over 30 years coach, consultant and mentor, Dr. John Hinwood, has helped people around the world and in all walks of life find their own miracles.

      John’s experience as a health professional by training, successful businessman by effort and an inspiration by nature has given him an awesome array of practical tools for success.

      This book will be a great source of inspiration to continually bring miracles into your life.

      —Dr John F. Demartini,

      bestselling author of

      Count Your Blessings

      I have only three words for this book. I loved it!

      —Mark Victor Hansen,

      co-author of #1 bestselling

      Chicken Soup for the Soul

      Dr Hinwood shows you that, to receive a miracle, you must first believe in, and expect, one. Expect a miracle today.

      —Don M. Green,

      Executive Director,

      Napoleon Hill Foundation

      * * * * *

      Table of Contents

      Dedication

      Acknowledgments

      Foreword

      Introduction

      1. Miracles of Attitude

      Your Table is Waiting – Keith Livingstone

      The Shopkeeper – Pat Hicks

      The Fickle Finger of Fate – John Hinwood

      2. Miracles of Courage

      Bowed, but not Broken – Judy Hinwood

      Love Thy Neighbor – Fabrizio Mancini

      3. Miracles of Family

      He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother – Allan Lowe

      A Gold Medal Decision – John Hinwood

      A Miracle Birth – Brenda Veenbaas

      4. Miracles of Freedom

      Cleaning Up – Clinton McCauley

      Mister Miracle Man – John Hinwood

      5. Miracles of Friends

      The Not-so-silly Housekeeper – Gayle Gibbon

      A Little Bunch of Miracles – Berni Ireland

      Letter to Dr John – Ken Ivory

      6. Miracles of Healing and Health

      Space Invaders – Keith Livingstone

      The Power That Made the Body Heals the Body – Gilles Lamarche

      Touched by the Pharaohs – Joan Smith

      7. Miracles of Hope

      Life is a Bowl of Chilli Con Carne – John Hinwood

      The Show Must Go On – Jennifer Carter

      My Miracle Mother – John Hinwood

      8. Miracles of Lessons in Life

      Mad Dogs and Texan Cowboys – John Demartini

      Waste Not Want Not – John Hinwood

      Mister Barrelguts – John Hinwood

      9. Miracles of Love

      An Action Moment – Judy Hinwood

      The Love of a Mother – Ely Lazar

      It’s Working Señor, It’s Working! – John Hinwood

      10. Miracles of Self

      A Nutty Story – John Hinwood

      Tell Your Face – John Hinwood

      11. Miracles of Sport

      A Fishy Story – Clinton McCauley

      There is Always a Silver Lining! – Scott Schilling

      Open Sesame – Mario Stefano

      12. Miracles of Travel

      You’re Joking, Aren’t You? – Roy Smith

      Have I Got a Deal For You! – John Hinwood

      The Magical Mystery Tour – John Hinwood

      13. Miracles of Work

      Get Me to the Circus on Time – John Hinwood

      They’re Not All Butchers – John Hinwood

      14. Miracles of the Ages

      An Old and Very Precious Card – John Hinwood

      You Don’t Bring Me Flowers – John Hinwood

      A Boy’s First Miracle – Doug Herron

      A Pathway to Experiencing Miracles

      Thirteen Tips for Miracle Making Magic!

      Share Your Miracle Stories

      Visit Our Website

      Sources and Permissions

      Looking for a Speaker?

      About the Author

      Print Your Own Expect A Miracle Cards

      * * * * *

      This book is dedicated to . . . 

      • people who think miracles are for someone else

      • people who wish and wish, and don’t really believe in their own worthiness, or that such great energies are available for us all to receive

      • people who are ‘on the lookout’ every day for miracles

      • people who have already experienced miracles in their lives, and are ready to receive more.

      * * * * *

      Acknowledgments

      Thank you to my beautiful wife Judy for her help, patience, inspiration, encouragement and love. She has proofread every story, written some stories herself and been my ‘rock’ throughout this project.

      Thank you to all those friends and colleagues who have continually encouraged me to listen to my innate being, put pen to paper and write this book that will be inspirational for so many people.

      Thank you to D.C. Cordova, who first introduced me to Expect a Miracle cards in 1987, and to the Unity Church where D.C. bought her first pack of cards.

      Thank you to my great friend and mentor Charles Tremendous Jones, whom I first met in Pittsburgh at a Living Principles Seminar in 1978. Charlie has continually encouraged me to write about my experiences from handling out thousands of Expect a Miracle cards all over the world.

      Thank you to all the contributors of such wonderful miracle stories: Jennifer Carter, John Demartini, Gayle Gibbon, Craig Gilberd, Doug Herron, Pat Hicks, Judy Hinwood, Berni Ireland, Kenneth-Clyde Ivory, Ely Lazar, Gilles Lamarche, Keith Livingstone, Allan Lowe, Fabrizio Mancini, Clinton McCauley, Scott Schilling, Joan Smith, Roy Smith, Mario Stefano and Brenda Veenbaas. They come from many and varied backgrounds from countries all over the world, and their stories portray events that have occurred over many years.

      Thank you to my personal assistants, Leanne Horn and Leah Cranston, who have typed, edited, retyped and made suggestions during the preparation of the manuscript. Thanks also to my sister-in-law Carlie Armitage, who edited all the initial stories.

      Thank you to my editor, Geoff Whyte, for his creative inspirations, understanding and input into the preparation of this book.

      Thank you to my webmaster Michael O’Shea and his wife Rachael, who have done so much background work for the book. Michael developed the companion website expectamiracle.com which launched in late November 2007. He was also the inspiration for the cover design.

      Thank you to the entire team at Executive Books for their commitment to excellence in publishing this book.

      Thank you to my great friend, Winston Marsh, Australia’s ‘Marketing Guru’ and his graphic designer Liga Byron for their inspirational thoughts for the front and back cover designs and for Winston’s creative genius in naming many of the stories.

      •

      I would rather work with five people who really believe in what they are doing than 500 who can’t see the point.

      —Patrick Dixon

      * * * * *

      Foreword

      Two of the greatest words in our vocabulary, expect and miracle—expect a miracle. The power of expectation is the awakening of hope, desire, enthusiasm, excitement, dreams, all the qualities that make life fulfilling. Your level of expectation is where it all begins. Talent or ability can’t stop you, your financial condition can’t stop you, your education can’t, your age or marital status, or the color of your skin can’t stop you. It all begins with your level of expectation. Simply put, if we can raise our level of expectation, we can expand and increase our miracles. Our level of expectation sets the limits for our life. If we only expect a little, that’s what we’ll get. We can change the world by changing our level of expectation.

      To many, expecting a miracle would seem to be expecting too much, but when you look up, look around, and look into your heart, you begin to see the wonder of life. Everything is a miracle—you are a miracle, the universe is a miracle, and so if we are surrounded by miracles everywhere we look, what’s so unusual about expecting your own miracle? My own life has been filled with more than eighty years of miracles, and I expect them to keep coming.

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