This book was inspired after I attended my first Toastmasters meeting. Part of the meeting was calling up newcomers and giving them a "Table Topic" to speak about for seven minutes... designed for encouraging quick thinking. It seemed like a miracle to me that the topic I was given was to explain the difference between living and existing. I had just finished outlining all the situations in my life in which I had experienced miracles... ones that were sandwiched between all the challenges.