About Me

 

I shouldn’t be here!

 

I shouldn’t be telling this story, living this life, or sharing my journey with you right now.

Because there was a moment — an instant in time — when everything ended.

 

The Day I Died

 

It was a tennis final. A high-energy match, a battle of skill and endurance. And then, without warning, Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS) struck me down mid-game.

 

One second, I was playing. The next, I was gone. No heartbeat. No breath. Just silence.

For about fifteen minutes, my body lay motionless on the court. I was clinically dead.

 

Then, something extraordinary happened. Two medical professionals (a Doctor and a Paramedic) playing on a different court —rushed over and immediately began CPR. A RedCross ambulance arrived and magically had a defibrillator on board.. A fight against the impossible.  Somehow, they pulled me back.

 

I woke up in the ICU, where I spent over three weeks recovering from an experience that should have taken me forever. Eventually, an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) was implanted to protect me from ever facing death like that again.

 

But something had changed inside me, I will never be the same again.

 

The Vision That Never Left Me, my Near Death Experience (NDE)

 

In the weeks that followed,, I had an immediate  NDE  where I began to notice something incredible—something I will never forget. Every time I looked at a woman, she glowed. It wasn’t a trick of the light. It wasn’t my mind playing games with me. It was a pure, radiant aura—a halo-like effect, as if every woman represented the very essence of life and creation itself.

 

For weeks, I saw the world differently, as if existence itself had opened up to me in a way most never get to see.

And although the aura eventually faded, the imprint of that experience remained forever.

 

From Rock Bottom to Rebirth

Long before my Near-Death Experience (NDE), I had already faced my own version of destruction.

 Redundancy. Two Failed subsequent new businesses. Near complete financial wipeout and bankruptcy. Everything I built had crumbled, leaving me lost, broken, and defeated.

 

Then, just as I thought I had suffered enough, death came for me.

 

Yet somehow—I came back.

And when I did, I knew I had been given a second chance. Not just to exist, but to truly live and make the very most of life.

 

Why I Created This Website

 

I wanted to Pay it Forward!  I  had an incredible calling to do this... Hopefully it might help someone  out there who is in need of some support or simple guidance as to how to improve their life. This is not the final destination but hopefully a starting place and/or spring board of understanding that through many ways their is a road  to recovery.

 

I know for real what it’s like to feel lost, to struggle, to wonder if life will ever make sense again. But I also know that happiness, success, and fulfillment are always a possibility in the world we live in.

 

This website and associated blogs aren't just about my story—it’s about helping you write yours.

 

✔ If you feel stuck
✔ If you’re searching for meaning
✔ If you need hope, clarity, and a roadmap to a better happier life

 

You are not alone. And you are not broken, just a little bent out of shape!

 

What You’ll Find Here

 

This website content is a space for transformation, resilience, and happiness. Expect:

 

- Strategies to rebuild your life after setbacks based around proven personal growth techniques, real-world related experience all while being easy to learn and apply via associations with famous US Landmarks
- Mindset shifts to unlock personal success
- Lessons from near-death and deep transformation

- Happiness habits to create fulfillment in your life

- That you are not alone, support is always out there if you reach out for it.

 

Life isn’t just about survival—it’s about living with purpose.

 

Your Journey Starts Now

 

I have faced destruction. I have faced death.

And yet—I returned. Stronger. Clearer. More determined to make every moment count. Since my cardiac arrest...

 

I now am Happily Married, with two great kids and I am a Senior Leader in a Multinational Corporation. 

 

If I could rebuild my life, so can you.

 

Let this Standing In Wonder website be your guide, your support, and your roadmap to a life worth living.

 

Your breakthrough begins today. Let’s grow together and Soar Like an Eagle to new Heights over the Grand Canyon!

 

 

 

 

Tom B.