Eshu The Gatekeeper

The relationship with Eshu began in silence.

She did not remember his name.
She had forgotten where she came from.
She had forgotten her lineage.

But Eshu never forgets.

He followed her, protected her, and tested her.
He stood by her even when she did not know he was there.

Then one day, it happened.

Eshu came to her home, but he did not enter. He stood outside, leaving his stick by the door.

She did not believe it at first.

She looked at the stick and said, “What is this doing outside my house?”
She questioned it.
Who could have left this here?

At first, she was afraid. She grew up Haitian and never imagined that Eshu could choose her. She did not know him. She did not understand him.

But Eshu did not leave.

He stayed.

She was lost and struggling, but one day she decided to bring Eshu inside her home. She bought a stick and placed it in her house.

Eshu watched her closely.

He waited for her in silence—when she was confused, when she ignored the stick even after bringing it inside.

She did not fully understand, but whenever she needed help, she would go to the stick. She would bring coffee and place it beside it. Sometimes she would sit quietly with it.

Then one day, Eshu said it was time.

He came to her while she slept and said, “You have been sleeping too long. It is time to wake up.”

She did not understand the dream. When she woke up, she had no knowledge of Eshu. All she knew was the stick man.

Trying to understand, she bought tarot cards—even though she knew nothing about them either. She used Google to learn their meanings.

Then Eshu told her:

“You will travel, and that journey will change your life.”

Eshu brought her to the Mother of the Sea for healing.

There she cried.
She grieved.
She remembered.

And she was not the same anymore.

She was reborn.

But the story did not end there.

Eshu said, “Now let us go to the crossroads. I must test you. I must see if you truly remember who you are and the power you carry. I must check your ego.”

She did not like it.

She became angry with Eshu. She yelled and screamed. She wanted a break. She thought meeting Eshu meant her life would become easy. She thought it meant she would become rich.

She asked him:

“Why are so many spiritual leaders and healers struggling while people who do bad things become rich?”

Eshu answered:

“If you want money, you must open the doors with power and truth—not through begging or pain. Heal first. Remember where you come from. Remember your destiny. Then the doors will open.”

But she did not listen at first.

She screamed at Eshu.
She said, “You keep tricking me.”

Yet through healing, through pain, and through learning, she slowly began to remember.

She realized that the true power was not money.

It was knowledge.

And with that knowledge, she was able to break the chains around herself—and around other