Previously we posted the story about my experience meeting a man on the cold, sandy beach of the Ganges River in India. His name was Sacha Baba.
This man did not know me and after we had talked for only a short time, he predicted: “You are going to go in a direction that is uphill.” He raised the palm of his right hand to indicate steepness. “It will seem dangerous and unnerving to you.
“There will be times when you will not have enough resources. There will be times when you may not even have enough food in the house. Remember, you will not be forsaken. You will be provided for in unexpected ways.
“There will be times when people will not believe you. There will be times when people will insult you. However, at no time will you be alone. At no time will you be at risk, because the one who is bidding you will also be guarding you.”
He instructed, “You must write down your experiences. The path you are walking is a lonely one. People who travel this path need to have some mile markers so they know they are on the right track. Write as an obligation for those who will come after you.”
Here was a man who did not know my name or where I lived nor that it was my 45th birthday. Yet he was confidently making predictions far into my future. I did not know if I should take him seriously, but I did start making notes as my journey began.
The stories I share in this section from the beginning days of Trees for Life are those mile markers. They bear witness to the truth of Sacha Baba’s predictions — that there would be times without any resources, and I would be tested to the extreme.
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