Looking for Gold with Maps
It can become something of an obsession, or something of a great pleasure, or sometimes they can both be the same thing. The idea of a map somewhere, perhaps buried in a bottle underneath a tree in someone’s yard , is an old fantasy that speaks to children. Well, it’s one that’s supposed to speak to children, but it’s appeal extends to nearly everyone. Buried treasure isn’t just an obsession for story books, because there really are places in the world where people look for gold.
The important thing to keep in mind, perhaps, is that it really is about the present moment and not the outcome. Taking a Florida map in hand, and trying to find the places where the pirate’s treasure might be, can be a maddening enterprise, unless one remembers that Florida is a lovely place to be. And those places where the pirate ships sunk are usually inhabited by museum staff, and don’t want people looking for gold.
It becomes a metaphorical idea, then, to look for treasure. In the looking, there are great moments that happen to everyone who loves to travel. In that case, then, any East coast map will do, and it doesn’t have to be a journey for real gold. The real gold is found in the moment, and that’s a secret that even the pirates couldn’t keep secret.
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