{"id":42911,"date":"2015-09-22T00:14:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T05:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=42911"},"modified":"2015-09-22T00:14:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T05:14:01","slug":"you-never-know-who-the-universe-will-want-you-to-meet-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/you-never-know-who-the-universe-will-want-you-to-meet-next\/","title":{"rendered":"You never know who the Universe will want you to meet next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had an appointment today to meet a new client for lunch. I looked forward to it because she seemed so pleasant and fun on the phone. On the way I stopped in at Walmart\u2019s Customer Service Dept and where a very impatient couple was complaining about everything. I played on Facebook while I stood in line and ignored them. I left right after they did. I walked up as they were pulling their car out. The woman&#8217;s driving and she&#8217;s not looking so as I get near her, I motion for her to stop because she&#8217;s getting ready to hit something. She gives me a dirty look and tells me to mind my own business. I figured, \u201cThat&#8217;s cool, they&#8217;re not having a good day but I am\u201d and I go on my merry way. I walked into Carrabba\u2019s carrying a Horizons Magazine since my client didn\u2019t know what I looked like. Guess who my client was. She looked kind of stunned, doe in the headlights, so I put two fingers to my forehead, closed my eyes and said, \u201c<em>my spidey sense tells me you\u2019re having a bad day.<\/em>\u201d We laughed. She apologized. She\u2019s been having a bad year, I don\u2019t need to add to it by being grumpy back &lt;3<\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/you-never-know-who-the-universe-will-want-you-to-meet-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=You never know who the Universe will want you to meet next&url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/you-never-know-who-the-universe-will-want-you-to-meet-next\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/you-never-know-who-the-universe-will-want-you-to-meet-next\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/you-never-know-who-the-universe-will-want-you-to-meet-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=You%20never%20know%20who%20the%20Universe%20will%20want%20you%20to%20meet%20next&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/you-never-know-who-the-universe-will-want-you-to-meet-next\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had an appointment today to meet a new client for lunch. I looked forward to it because she seemed so pleasant and fun on the phone. On the way I stopped in at Walmart\u2019s Customer Service Dept and where a very impatient couple was complaining about everything. 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