Secret

 It took me 53 years and nine months, but I finally did it.

On January 1st I wrote about a climbing rope I bought from John Wood and set up on a 15 foot tower outside by my gym. (See http://blog.mrfire.com/uncategorized/on-continuing-a-rocky-story/ for that original post.)

My goal was to climb it, of course.

I couldn’t do it growing up and my gym instructor humiliated me for my failure.

I didn’t try as an adult.

But it was unfinished business in my life. I wanted to succeed at this personal challenge and goal.

So virtually every day I tried to go up that rope.

There were several setbacks along the way, including an emergency appendectomy.

But I kept trying.

My trainer Scott York was patient and encouraging.

He’d climb the rope as if he were a monkey and then do chin-ups on the tower at the top.

I wanted to do that, too.

So I kept trying.

Every day.

And yesterday I climbed the rope!

Fifteen feet straight up.

No one was there to photograph the moment but now that I’ve succeeded, I know I can do it again, and even more easily than the first time.

I’m sharing it here to inspire you to set goals that are meaningful to you and work at them every day.

Persistence is a secret to success.

And it’s something you can practice every day.

If I can climb a 15 foot rope after 53 years and nine months of failing at it, what can you do?

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS —  What’s “the rope” in your own life?

“In your ongoing learning, have you discovered a faster way to clear beliefs?”

That’s what one of the people asked me the other day when I visited the offices where they run my Miracles Coaching and Executive Mentoring programs.

“I haven’t found a faster way than the ‘I love you’ mantra written about in Zero Limits,” I explained. “But I have found a better understanding of what to focus on that has made the clearing happen faster.”

I then went on to explain that recently a few people complained that the more they cleaned, the more things have gotten difficult for them.

This is understandable. My own observation is the more you clean, the more you find to clean. At least at first.

Our unconscious is stuffed with old programs and beliefs – old data – that is blocking us from being connected to source. The only recourse is to keep cleaning, cleaning, cleaning.

But I wondered what my coauthor, Dr. Hew Len, would say about this. I wrote him and he wrote back the following:

“It is not ‘them’ that’s talking but data.  It is data that is saying ‘Things have gotten more difficult since I’ve been doing ho’oponopono.’  Because it is data speaking, I’m cleaning with it in me.”

When I understood better that it’s all “data” — beliefs, programs, limitations – speaking through people, then I better understood that what I am to keep cleaning on is everything that I perceive as a problem/program.

It’s not the person; it’s the program.

Knowing that, the cleaning picks up speed.

In other words, focusing on the person who is speaking, whether me or someone talking to me, is focusing on the wrong place; the place to focus is on the program.

As I feel or sense the program (belief, data), I keep saying the cleaning statements, such as “I love you.”

As I do, the cleaning happens and I’m closer to being inspired by the purity of the Divine.

Something to consider: Even “I love you” is a program.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com 

PS –  People are reporting truly amazing results from non-stop cleaning. One woman told me she just kept cleaning on her mate, who had a phobia about committing, and now they’re married. One eight-year-old student kept cleaning on a new teacher who was belligerent to everyone and now the teacher smiles and waves to all the kids. It’s truly astounding what cleaning will do. And it all stems from “I love you!”.

You can see a recent article about my life, published last Saturday in the Youngstown, Ohio Vindicator newspaper, online at www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/321867189382959.php 

The Vindicator was the paper of prestige when I was growing up in Ohio. It’s flattering to be featured in it today.

Yesterday I was interviewed by a reporter for a major newspaper here where I’m visiting family.

Nerissa was there and decided to offer an exclusive news bit to the writer.

I held my breath, not knowing what she was going to reveal.

“Nobody knows this about Joe,” Nerissa began, “but he types all of his books, emails, blog posts and everything else with just two fingers.”

The reporter laughed. I have no idea yet if it will get in her story or not but it’s true.

I type everything, including this post, with my two index fingers.

This should be proof that you don’t need to know everything or be perfect at everything in order to accomplish a lot.

I’m pretty fast with two fingers.

And apparently if I were any faster, no one could keep up with my output.

Ao Akua,

joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – What could you accomplish if you just used your current abilities?

Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969) was the founder of the martial art Aikido.

I love Aikido. The first ad I ever wrote was a flyer to promote the Kent State University Aikido Club in 1972 or so.

I was president of the club, not because I knew Aikido but because I wanted to learn it.

I founded the club, promoted it, gathered some students, and then found an Aikido instructor to come and teach us the art.

We studied the peaceful art and the wisdom of its founder. Ueshiba once wrote:

“The Art of Peace begins with you. Work on yourself and your appointed task in the Art of Peace. Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here for no other purpose than to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment. Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all that you encounter.”

That is a quote that could have been in my book Zero Limits.

Note he didn’t say what path to follow. Divinity guides your way. Your job is to stay on your path and work on you.

Are you?

Ao Akua,

joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – My “red flags” post from the other day has gotten more traffic, diggs, and comments than anything I’ve written here yet. Thank you. I am very grateful.