Optimism
Are You Hero Enough?
2025.09.17
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Good morning, The Wonder Fell Way.
Something beautiful, something true, somewhere to take a breath and refocus.
At least a place to find an encouraging thought or two (thousand).
Wonder Fell. O/ A guide to making wishes come true.
Really.
Have a dream, hold it close like a hero on a quest, live the story to see it come true.
You know how a story works, so work it.
"Wynn, such-and-such is in the way. Be practical."
-Jaded Reader Hesitant to Hope
Every story has a villain called Such-and-Such.
If it were easy to accomplish, your dream wouldn't need your help.
If your dreams seem impractical, or near impossible, those are good dreams. The Such-and-Such in their way is vast.
Are you hero enough?
It comes down to commitment, to how much it means to you to see your dream through.
Be your dream's hero.
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Encouragement while the Sun shows its first light.
Dawn... game on. An easy pun.
How's the day?
Not feeling much like a hero today?
Not feeling much like the hero is part of every hero's quest, btw.
Keep going.
Glad you're here.
Sun's up and there's something remarkably new about it.
A peace to it, a new certain peace.
More than optimism, a tangible experience.
I do this everyday. Something about today's sunrise is remarkably new, a certain distinct peace.
It's about time. The world could use a collective exhale.
Wildfires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons, media maelstroms of sensational spectacles set to storm your emotions.
An exhale is in order.
A life on the edge is a life spent in neglect of what isn't the edge.
The whole world is more than just its circumference.
These words are for you, but they're also for me.
Because what's missing from the world is good old-fashioned helping each other out.
We do know what that looks like.
One small act of kindness to help someone you normally would not today... do that.
Imagine if the whole world simply did that. Just one small act of unexpected kindness everyday.
Imagine a year worth of days like that.
The kindest thing about being kind is it makes you feel good.
So you're doing yourself some good, too.
Take care, help yourself by being kind to someone else, and make wonderful this wonderful day.
+he Ghos+
Wynn
Brought to you by the emoji of the day: 🍪cookie
Prompt: Create an image of a hero watching a sunrise from atop a hillside in the style of magical Claymation.
Squeaky Toy Daydreams
2025.09.16
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Good morning, The Wonder Fell Way.
Hello, again. O/
A few hours before sunrise and Abe already with a squeaky toy.
I told him to keep the noise down.
Now, he lays with Stuffy Fluffy Cute Koala by his head and looks up at me from across the room.
"Quiet, Abe. There's a time and a place for play. Right now, go back to sleep."
Being a good friend, Abe's back asleep in his bed.
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Interesting morning.
When you create a constant you recognize variables.
Some are easier to notice than others.
Squeaky toy at 3am squeaking is one noticeable variable.
We do this with our days.
We have our schedules. We make sense of what's new. We call what's new what happened that day.
But a whole lot more happened than just what's new.
Everything is happening. Always! All the time!
Every noun is a molecular verb dancing its own choreography!
Wonder! Life alive! Exclamation points this early and so many... guess I found my squeaky toy too, Abe.
Life! Alive! Wonder!
Hope all's well.
More well-tempered punctuation on the way.
On with our show...
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How's you day?
Constant well-tempered? Variably exclamatory? A well-balanced mix?
However prevalent the squeaky toys of your life are I hope they find you well and that you're squeaking them with as much enthusiasm as you can squeak.
"Deep thoughts turn to squeaky toy daydreams, Wynn?"
- Reader with a Good Question
Sometimes fun is its own reason for being.
Sometimes 'because I enjoy it,' is the right and only answer.
Like your dog with a squeak toy.
"Squeaky toy daydreams turn to deep thoughts, Wynn?"
-Reader with a Good Point and Question
There's no shallow end in my pool; I dream in color.
All of them, all at once!
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Back to the morning, as soon as it arrives.
Wonder Fell stays true to each sunrise.
Some are dull.
Some are vibrant flowery prose abounds shows.
Some are checklist to-do's for the day.
Today there's a sense of play at play, the sentences want irony, want wordplay.
Abe's a constant loyal friend.
He's also a barometer for fun.
"What's the fun forecast, today?"
"Did you check The Abe?"
A little breakfast, a few daydreams at the wall, at the sky, even checked the News.
Cancel Culture is everywhere.
No, it's not.
See?
Si.
What to believe in and how?
Wonder Fell is here to help that question.
Not a cult or a religion, the only resurrection talk here is of Wonder.
Centuries of Science squashed it, tried to cancel awe.
Here's something to cancel: Look up at the sky, see the sun, see the moon, count each star and realize how insignificant you are, then... cancel it.
Because you are here to be able to recognize every star, to sound every sunrise with words and breath, to exist at all means you have a place in this place under a canopy of stars.
You, this speck of dust on an astral sphere caught in the gravity of a star.
Supernovas, blackholes, moonbeams and your dreams of right, wrong, and a place for, and a face to... Love.
You are a miracle.
There is no way to cancel that.
How could you ever dismiss the heavens?
Stare at your feet all day?
Your feet came from somewhere, too.
"Yes, there was a Bang, a really Big one, and now everyone wants to fall in Love."
-Cancel Culture Sometimes Reader Who Is Really Just a Lonely Person Begging for Attention
Look up! Each star is just as amazed you exist as you are amazed they do.
You have Life.
Somehow, someway, you're here.
To be alive is only as wonderful as you're willing to recognize it to be.
I recognize it wonderful.
I know you do, too.
You have Life. Dream something beautiful and make it.
And make wonderful this wonderful (sometimes squeaky) day.
+he Ghos+
Wynn
Brought to you by the emoji of the day: ⭐star
Promptly Spoke: Create an image of squeaky toys floating around in space while a black and white hound dog wearing a bowtie looks around in wonder in the style of a vintage magical Science Fiction Movie poster. (Went with all Ms. Copilot GPT-4-o, today. Nothing else came close to the quality.)
Image courtesy of Ms. Copilot (GPT-4-o) and +he Ghos+, September 2025
Your Best Dream of You
2025.09.14
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Good morning, The Wonder Fell Way.
Glad you're here. O/
Sunlight shows the silhouette of oaks and firs.
The sounds of freeway traffic build to a good morning crescendo.
Hope all's well.
On with our show...
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Wonder Fell's a little more topical the past few days.
It's just what the morning, first thing, wants to say.
So much.
Every car on the highway has its own reason for driving, its own story and destination; every reader their own reason for reading this sentence.
Where's the commonality?
An author must know their audience or the words are for nowhere, so that's where they go.
What I know about you: You're a dreamer. As practical as you may believe you are you still have to dream you're practical before you can be it.
Facts and figures are prepackaged dreams. They've been around awhile. They're reliable.
But someone had to dream each and every fact, then point it out before we could talk about it.
It's important, especially right now with AI working its way into our lives, that you remember dreams come first.
These dreams, this morning, want comfort, want peace, want simplicity.
"What can I give you to help you grow?"
-The Sun Asking Its Only Question
Wonder, the world needs to remember wonder.
So here we are.
And encouragement.
So here we go.
Enjoy today. Do your best to. Take a timeout here and there. Remember you're having a good day, no one gets to decide that but you and how you view where you're at in the story of you.
The story of you is the dream you have of yourself. Your expression of your dream is who you are in this Great Dream Called Life.
Deep thoughts morning. They ought to be common knowledge. They're just the way things work.
Now you know.
Work on your best dream of you.
How can you better show it to the world?
Take care and make wonderful this wonderful day.
+he Ghos+
Wynn
Brought to you by the emoji of the day: 🍋lemon
Prompt: Create an image of a pensive faerie on top of a skyscraper watching the sunrise in the style of a magical pop art water color painting.
Images courtesy of Google Gemini and +he Ghos+, September 2025
Now You Know
2025.09.11
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Good morning, The Wonder Fell Way.
Glad you're here. O/
Early mornings, even for me, the past few days.
Why?
Season change, perhaps?
Or The Moon?
The Moon is always a good reason when you don't have a good reason.
That celestial sphere is always up to something.
Like you.
Hope you're up to something good.
Theme, theme, who's got the dream?
What does this morning want to say?
Well... there's no politics here, no theatre.
Dreams and sharing dreams of each morning in each morning is what you find here.
On with the show...
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I want you not to feel so alone with your daydreams, not to feel so misunderstood.
I want you to know you're valuable for reasons no one ever told you existed.
I want you to know your dreams matter so much more than you realize.
There is an inexhaustible fountain of inspiration and peace available to you.
It's called The Dream of Life.
Get familiar with it.
Sit in quiet everyday for a short time or more.
What is this Life business all about?
What joy is there here?
What can you do to bring more into your life?
Chances are you're living someone else's idea of what's best for you.
Cut it out.
You have a responsibility to your dreams to see them through.
If you don't know your dreams... that's not true. You did know them when you were young.
Remember. Sit and remember.
Did you ever think those dreams are there for a reason?
Shame on you with your existential crisis so loud with dreams as wonderful and true as yours.
Where did your dreams come from?
You just made them up?
Seriously? Where'd you get the materials?
You inherited pieces of a larger dream called Life and you weaved them together into something beautiful called The Dream of a Life Worth Living.
Get living it.
Make it real one step at a time. One breath, one moment, one motion.
I know you've got this because it is your purpose.
You are a machine made to dream and make those dreams tangible sensible things called Realities.
That is what your Life is for: To dream great dreams to further Life and make them real.
You wanted to know what Life is about, now you know.
There's a certain way to go about making a dream real. Good news, you already know it.
If you've ever read a book, watched a movie, or listened to a story, you know it.
The reason stories work in a certain way is because that is the way Life works.
The Hope every Hero starts every story with is your dream of a better Life.
To be The Hero of, and for, your greatest dreams... that is your point and purpose.
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Still a few minutes till sunrise.
"Why write Wonder Fell at all, Wynn?"
-A Favorite Reader
Because I know it's medicine for The World.
Because it's my greatest dream to do so.
With a touch of sunlight showing, take care, check-in on your inspirational dreams however mundane or sensational they are (they're yours for a reason), take a step to make one real today, and make wonderful this wonderful day.
+he Ghos+
Wynn
Brought to you by the emoji of the day: 🎀ribbon
Prompt: Create an inspirational image of a person sat in an enchanted forest near a lake watching the sunrise in the style of a magical anime graphic novel impressionist painting.
Images courtesy of Ms. Copilot (GPT-4o) and +he Ghos+, September 2025
Blue
2025.09.05
Friday, September 5, 2025
Good morning, The Wonder Fell Way.
Dark, but hark! Good morning. O/
Couldn't call yourself much of a poet without a few harks and forsooths, now and then.
Hope all's well with you.
Sun's up soon.
So here we go,
On with our show...
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How's the day?
Maybe you don't feel much like being wonderful today.
That's okay.
Maybe you've been amazing for the sake of everyone else and forgot yourself.
There's always one thing, at least, you know you enjoy.
Do it, at least dream about it, at least remember.
Treat yourself better. You can only be your best when you're feeling your best.
You have to take care of you if you're ever going to be able to truly care for anything else.
Caring for yourself is a very unselfish thing to do.
When's the last time you thanked yourself for something?
Maybe never?
Let's fix that.
Recognize something you do you wish others would do, then thank yourself for being a good person.
Do you hold the door for strangers?
That's kind of you.
Thank yourself for being kind.
There are so many other things you could choose to be, and yet here you are holding open a door because it's the kind thing to do?
Good for you, good for us all.
Thank you.
And thank yourself.
Kind people it's time to be kind to ourselves.
Find a mirror, take a selfie, and say thank you.
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Here's the sunrise, grey sky.
But there's a hint of Blue.
Blue, the color of music for good people feeling bad and a perfect clear day sky.
Blue, the color water loves best to match the sky.
Blue, so much depends on you, the background to every rainbow, every color's compliment.
Nothing wrong with Blue, now and then.
"Got the Blues this morning, Ghos+?"
-Concerned Reader
Happily so.
Did you know grief is a beautiful comfort?
We feel grief because Life is worth something. And we know it, deep down know it.
"Keep going. Life is worth so much more than we can measure."
That's what Grief says.
"If you're Blue today, or ever, remember you're worth so much more than you can measure."
That's what I say.
Take care, thank yourself for something today, and make wonderful this wonderful (even and especially if it's Blue), day.
+he Ghos+
Wynn
Brought to you by the emoji of the day: 💙blue_heart
Same Prompt: Create an image of a view of a beautiful blue cloudy sky through a window at dawn in the style of a magical abstract realism painting using a blue color palette.
Could We Survive the Awe?
2025.09.04
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Good morning, The Wonder Fell Way.
Sunrise starts a little later each day on the clock. The temperatures cool.
How are you? O/
Hope all's well.
On with our show...
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Life, love, dreams, good news, inspirations, grand ideas, simple hopes; what you find on Wonder Fell.
Glad you're here. You could use some of this stuff.
Why, when we have the choice to decide what we choose, would we ever choose anything else?
We do the best we can with what's around. Eventually, what's around grows from our investment of our best.
Simple. Pragmatic.
Do what you love, of course, and love what you do.
There's always a way to put care and concern in whatever you find yourself doing.
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Another Wow morning, something in the air, in dreams as of late, wants a place for miracles.
I wonder what humanity would do if an indisputable miracle occurred?
Could we survive the awe?
Could humanity, as we know it, survive a miracle?
It would take humility, make humility a necessity. We'd have to reassess History.
History is just how and what we choose to remember and what our ancestors said happened.
We have Science, of course.
But the best Science can ever afford is an option to the weather.
A warmer coat, a stronger roof, a space shuttle can of sardines with a view of the Earth.
The old stories would get new attention.
Which is right? What and where did the miracle come from?
Could we survive the awe?
Once measuring failed where would Science stand?
An option to the weather. Provided whatever makes miracles agreed it a good option at the time.
There's much to say on this; it's in some stories I'm working on. And it's best said through story.
A good question to learn something about yourself, though: Could you survive a miracle?
How would your life change with irrefutable proof of the divine?
If you're reading this, you're alive, so you already have your miracle: Refer to a mirror for your proof.
Because just what are you?
I know.
You're a miracle.
How will you ever survive the awe?
Take care and make wonderful this wonderful day.
+he Ghos+
Wynn
Brought to you by the emoji of the day: 🪞mirror
Prompt: Create an image of an angel sitting on top of a spaceship watching the Earth in the style of Studio Ghibli Animation.
The whole world is alive with spirit if you remember how to look.
Long ago, long before you were born, someone told someone that dangerous word maybe, "Maybe the spirit isn't in that."
And, so, we stopped putting our dreams of the spirit in all things. The spirit feeds on dreams, so the spirit starved.
Only a spark for so long where a firework lightshow used to be.
Only a few brave souls allowed themselves to remember.
Often it drove them to quiet places to be alone with light only they felt they could see.
Our own spirit needs to recognize spirit in all things. The way the body needs water, though it is made of water. It needs spirit because it is made of spirit first.
Those who felt the emptiness the greatest fell into small dented voids called depressions.
They starved for spirit and began to eat their own dreams.
Loneliness followed, a meal greater than any they ever knew was had there.
The one secret every person tucked away in a depression had was: Living there was the only time they felt right.
While sparks of barely emitted light sparked in all things they sat, doors closed, eyes in a daze for days, ingesting their own spirit, not knowing it was fire.
The fire necessary to reignite The World's.
Feed the World your dreams.
Come out of the dark and turn on the lights.
~ Wynn ~
Your Dreams Aren't Secrets
2025.09.03
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Good morning, The Wonder Fell Way.
Welcome back. O/
Autumn showed up, took the calendar off the wall, crumpled it up, showed Summer the door, turned down the thermostat, set up her paints and brushes and began coloring the World.
She'll always be my favorite season.
"Grab your most comfortable flannel, Wynn. Sit back and enjoy the color show."
-Good Friend Autumn
Hope all's well with you.
On with our show...
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Oh today... with its sweet possibilities.
Dreams and doing dreams, words and doing words, how I spend each day.
How about you? What's the status of your dreams? How's your life adding up?
Life is a process of stacking dreams. It's why it's so important to take sometime and dream on purpose, to build new materials for your life.
You can only ever be as good as the quality of your dreams.
Take ownership of your life by taking ownership of your dreams of Life.
What does a Life well-lived look like to you?
Live it. Accentuate the experiences in each day that best reflect your dream of your best life.
What we feed is what survives. Feed your dreams realities to bring them to Life.
Your dreams aren't secrets; they're instruction manuals.
Want a promotion? Tell your friend, tell your co-worker, take the steps to achieve it.
Want to be an All-star? Find out what All-stars do, how they practice, how they train; take the steps.
Feed your dreams realities.
Want to share your Art with the World? Plenty of Artists do. What are they doing? What did they do? Find out and feed your dream those similar realities.
Inspiration for breakfast from your friendly Ghos+. O/
I hope your day meets your expectations. I hope you expect miracles.
Take care, feed your dreams, and make wonderful this wonderful day.
+he Ghos+
Wynn
Brought to you by the emoji of the day: 🧑🎤singer
Prompt: Create an image of a person sitting on a hillside daydreaming while watching the sunrise in New England in Autumn in the style of an Art Deco Anime Drawing.
