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Walking Through the Fire — and, On the Water (sort of)

Wambui Bahati inside a giant ball in water

There are some moments that are more unforgettable than others.

There are some moments that are more unforgettable than others. These are two of my unforgettable moments:

Unforgettable #1

Near the end of the 90′s, I made a trip to Baltimore, Maryland. I left for Baltimore on a Thursday afternoon. I was excited to be attending the four-day ‘Unleash the Power Within‘ seminar. (Yes! I’m one of those.) The next evening, Friday, at about five-thirty, Anthony “Tony” Robbins (the world-famous self-development guru walked on stage.

[This was not filmed at my event. I just added this YouTube video in case you wanted to know more of what the event was about.]

He spent most of the afternoon preparing us for the fire walk. At about 9:30 that evening, he told us to meet him in the convention center parking lot so that we could get used to the heat. Baltimore fire trucks were there. Yes. It was real fire—burning wood chips. The heat, alone, was almost unbearable.

We went back into the auditorium where he continued to prepare our minds, bodies and spirits to walk through the fire. It was about midnight when we all went back to where the rows of burning wood were again.

Well, there were some who didn’t want to do the fire walk. Each of us had to agree to the legal disclaimer. I wanted to do it. There were many rows of burning timber. Each row appeared to be about ten feet long. I found a line to get in.

My turn came up three times before I felt I was ready. Each of those times, instead of walking across the fire, I’d just get back in the end of the line. The last time my turn came around, I remembered everything he said about focusing, and I stepped out. I walked so calmly across the flaming wood.

At the end, just as he had told us, someone grabbed me up, while someone else rinsed off my feet with a water hose to wash away any stray pieces of burning wood that might be stuck to my feet. I walked on fire! And that was just the first night!

Every since then, When things happen that could be stressful in my life. I say to myself, “Hey, girl! You walked through fire, surely you can get through this.

Unforgettable #2

Fast forward. The year is 2010. I had presented my domestic violence show at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in Conway, South Carolina. Poor me, I had to stay at Myrtle Beach. (A most wonderful treat — Myrtle Beach in October)

Mrytle beach in October – 2010

The woman who was driving me to the airport said that we had extra time. So we went to the Myrtle Beach mall to hang out for a while.

I saw these giant plastic balls. I asked the man with the balls (no pun intended) what the giant balls were for? He said people get into them and run to keep the ball spinning so you stay standing — like a human hamster. He was trying to get people in the mall to try it. No one was willing. Well, I just had to! I immediately transformed into a five year old. “I want to try it!”

I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. People in that area of the mall were laughing at me in the giant ball — especially, the little kids. Professor Lela Rodgers took these photos. I’ll never forget it. Hey! I tried to walk on water, but it didn’t work out too good. But oh, what fun it was trying!!