#14 - A w0nd3rful Xmas and a Happy New Year

Greetings Beautiful People

I was tempted to get my Grinch on and title this post "I Hate Xmas" just to throw you a curve but I decided that wouldn't be very inspirational. Plus, it's not that bad really...

#13 - Follow Your Bliss

Greetings Beautiful People

Hope you're well and that you enjoy this week's post.

1) QOTW

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
Steve Jobs


2) Story – My Work
When I started secondary school my favourite subjects were English and PE but most of my lessons were so boring I’d sit in class drawing pictures, passing notes or daydreaming about being a superhero.

Les Brown - Mindset

"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
George Bernard Shaw


Thanks to Sam for sharing this video, I found it incredibly inspiring.

#12 - Coincidence or Synchronicity?

1) QOTW
"Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous."
Albert Einstein


2) Story – Universal Code
I’m thinking about putting my first blog post online.

the w0nd3r

Hello you,

Welcome to the w0nd3r, thank you for joining us.

#11 - Persistence

Greetings Beautiful People

Rock Band Anvil formed in 1978
Link to original image @ revolvermag.com

Thanks for all your emails, support and videos, I really appreciate them. They inspire me and make this a lot easier to put together so please keep 'em coming. I've now got TWW blog page set up so I'll post the next entry online. 

This week’s edition is inspired by the Video of the Week, sent to me by Big Saul (www.freeindex.co.uk/profile(saul-neill)_89827.htm), acupuncturist, martial arts practitioner/teacher, and generally splendid soul. Thanks mate - if you’re ever in Cornwall and you need some acupuncture, Saul is your man. 

I dedicate this to any of you going through a tough time, keep going, TWW is rooting for you. 

1) QOTW
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
Calvin Coolidge

#10 - One (Unstoppable)

 Greetings Beautiful People

Hope you’re all well. 

Thank you for your emails, I really appreciate them and they inspire me to come up with more stuff. Speaking of which, the inspiration for this week’s edition was a video sent to me by an old friend (Section 4). 

Cheers Wale, hope I’ve done it justice. 

(TWW Research Team welcomes good music or any funny or inspirational stuff that you’d like to share - email sterling.to@gmail.com or freeformbeats@gmail.com). 

1) QOTW

“Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.”

Georges Clemenceau

“I may not change the world, but I promise I will spark the brain that changes the world.”

Tupac Amaru Shakur

#9 - Now

Greetings Beautiful People

Hope you’re all well. Thanks for all the feedback and thanks to Paul for this week’s song and Wale for a video which I’ll probably include next week.


1) QOTW
"My miracle is that when I feel hungry I eat, and when I feel thirsty I drink."
Bankei, The Real Miracle


2) Story – The Present is The Gift
Multi-tasking is essential sometimes but I find it usually takes away from experience rather than adding to it. Maybe I’m just not very good at it. Case in point a few days ago

#8 - The Line

Greetings Beautiful People

I have to say TWW has become quite a blessing. Not only does it challenge me to look for good stuff to share but it also brings the ideas I share home to me again. Reminds me of a line I wrote:

"Peace to the paradox the lessons never end, so I learn ‘em and forget ‘em just to get ‘em yet again."

Anyway, it’s helped me realise I’m a writer and without a reader a writer doesn’t exist, so thank you very much.

Hope you enjoy.

#7 - What would happen if...?

Greetings Beautiful People

I hope this week’s edition finds you in good spirits.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and a special thanks for all the feedback.

Hope you enjoy.


1) QOTW
"Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Freedom is a road seldom travelled by the multitude."
Frederick Douglass

2) Story – What if…

I am at Somerset House sitting in the courtyard waiting for Chrunk... 

#6 - Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Greetings Beautiful People,

Initially I was sending TWW on Fridays, using the Friday feel-good factor to fuel my efforts. But after a chat with a friend I decided it would probably be more useful earlier in the week.

This week’s subject is particularly close to my heart so without further ado, let's go IN.

Hope you enjoy.

(Your feedback, positive or negative is welcome.)

1) QOTW

"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."
Mark Twain

2) Story – Laughter as The Way

It’s a beautiful autumn morning and believe it or not I am standing in a field in a skirt with no underwear on. Pause. OK, it’s a kilt, and the other two groomsmen are wearing kilts too but that wouldn’t have made for a compelling opening line.

#5 - Win That Fight

Greetings Beautiful People,

Apologies for the recent lack of contact - let's face it a Weekly Wonder that is not weekly doesn't bear thinking about. However I left my job at the end of July and needed a little break from everything. Thanks to all my former colleagues for the well-wishing and to those that were able to join me for a drink.

I hope you're all well and going from strength to strength.

1) QOTW

“We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contests, and you must win.”

Edward Gibbon

2) Story - Win That Fight

The air in the changing room is raw with nerves and adrenaline. Two experienced fighters are bantering, one is talking about how his wife puts pepper-spray on his gloves and that’s why

#4 - Carpe Diem

Greetings Beautiful People

Thanks for all the positive feedback - I realise I haven't asked any of you if it's cool for me to inflict myself upon you on a weekly basis but I'm hoping this is inspiring or at least mildly entertaining. If you would like me to stop emailing you however, please just let me know.

I'm enjoying The Weekly Wonder so much it's fast becoming the highlight of my week. I started writing this entry (entitled Carpe Diem) 4 days ago and soon afterwards I outlined several other titles/ideas. In fact en route to work this morning I was thinking about which subject to choose when I walked past a bus shelter (see pic attached) and that made the decision for me :-)

1) QOTW

“If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams and endeavours to live the life one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
Henry David Thoreau

#3 - Thank You

Greetings Beautiful People,

1) QOTW

“The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best; therefore it tends to become the best; it takes the form or character of the best; and will receive the best.”
Wallace Wattles

#2 - The Power Of Discipline

1) QOTW:

"Self-discipline is the ability to do what you should do when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not."
Elbert Hubbard

2) Story - The Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.

#1 - Three Magic Words

Greetings Beautiful People

Thanks to Mr Mensah for the name: "The Weekly Wonder" :)

1) QOTW

"This is the ineffable secret, the ultimate illumination, the key to peace and power. You are God. If you will accept this towering truth, dare to stand atop this magnificent pinnacle universal consciousness will be revealed to you from within. God is