Without a map, you can go anywhere,<\/p>\n
but you might not want to be there.<\/p>\n
With a map, you can choose your destination,<\/p>\n
but you might miss lots of treasures on the way.<\/p>\n
Without a map, you never know what’s coming —<\/p>\n
fair weather or foul, faithful friends or scoundrels,<\/p>\n
delicious food or piss-poor cooks.<\/p>\n
With a map, you can make reservations,<\/p>\n
let them know you’re coming, that you expect the best.<\/p>\n
I traveled sixty years without a map.<\/p>\n
For my last forty, I’m choosing<\/p>\n
where I go,<\/p>\n
how I get there,<\/p>\n
and whose company I keep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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