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To me it was like many of the celebrated things in life - a bit of a let down after all of the hooplah. Even the commercials didn't live up to expectations. I liked maybe one. Not that I watched them all. But the one I liked wasn't even that great. Like I haven't seen commercials before! But they weren't anything special. At least I didn't think so.
Life can be like that. But what is it you (we) are looking for?
In his most popular book, Antoine de Saint-Exupery said, "When I was a little boy I lived in an old house, and legend told us that a treasure was buried there. To be sure no one had ever known how to find it; perhaps no one had ever even looked for it. But it cast an enchantment over that house. My home was hiding a secret in the depths of its heart...
... The house the stars the desert - what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!"
Treasure? Enchantment. Beauty?
In case you don't recognize the name, Antoine de Saint - Exupery wrote The Little Prince.
Here is a little of what wikipedia says about Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Saint-Exupéry was a successful commercial pilot before World War II, working airmail routes in Europe, Africa and South America. At the outbreak of war, he joined the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air), flying reconnaissance missions until France's armistice with Germany in 1940. After being demobilised from the French Air Force, he travelled to the United States to persuade its government to enter the war against Nazi Germany. Following a 27-month hiatus in North America, during which he wrote three of his most important works, he joined the Free French Air Force in North Africa, although he was far past the maximum age for such pilots and in declining health. He disappeared over the Mediterranean on his last assigned reconnaissance mission in July 1944, and is believed to have died at that time.
Fascinating character, no?
He once wrecked his plane in a desert in North Africa with almost no food or water and was dehydrated, hallucinating and near death when he was rescued by a desert dweller who happened by and who administered a tribal treatment for dehydration that saved his life. I believe it was that time while he was stranded in the desert and near death that inspired his most famous book.
Some consider it a children's book, but in many of us the child still lives. You can see that in some of the adults who dress and act like pirates when given half an excuse. You could see that at Pirate Fest.
He said the legend of treasure being buried at his childhood home added beauty and enchantment. That beauty and enchantment rose up in his memory like wonderful smells from the kitchen on Christmas Day when he was surrounded by nothing but the quiet sand and twinkling stars and faced life and possible death alone.
Legend of treasure or not, many of us lived in a childhood home with buried treasure. Whether you heard of any legend of treasure, and whether you looked for it or not, I hope it was there for you.
For some there might be only sorrow, pain, and resentment - things not wanted to be remembered. For those, I hope for healing. It is not too late for new legends, new enchantment, new beauty, new magic. That is life and what it offers.
For most of us (I hope most of us) our childhood home held and still holds a buried treasure. Some have never heard of a legend, but find that treasure sooner than others. Some seem to lose it. And some lucky ones seem to have a natural inclination for finding beauty and enchantment. Or is that the treasure? Others seem to have to stumble on to it, and do so kicking and screaming.
It is easy to get disappointed in life. So much of our culture points to false hope. So much is made of winning. Too much is made of the things that are visible, while the quiet deeper things are forgotten.
In this day when virtually everything and anything that has any perceived value is counterfeited or faked, look for the true. False treasures are easy to manufacture and sell. They distract and deceive and lead to disappointment.
I don't know what type of treasure you seek, but whatever it is, I hope you find the treasure that was buried in childhood. It is better than anything you can touch or hold.
... The house the stars the desert - what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!
I hope you are not too disappointed by this post. I had to stop and leave it there today.
I should add that de Saint-Exupery also wrote books about his life and flying for Aeropostale, the French air mail carrier. Those books might interest many readers who are interested in history and adventure.
Here is a brief history of US air mail.
http://www.airmailpioneers.org/history/Sagahistory.htm
And the air mail carrier Aeropostale, which de Saint-Exupery made famous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9ropostale_(aviation)
You might know from reading old posts in this blog that I am a solitary hunter,. I especially like hunting on quiet beaches, including some of the less popular treasure beaches on the Treasure Coast when nobody is around and you can hear nothing but the wind and waves. Although it is probably not a good idea and I'm not recommending it, I also especially like hunting with no light but the stars.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
