The Dirt
Road
What's mainly wrong
with society today is that too many Dirt Roads have been paved. There's
not a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education, divorce, delinquency
that wouldn't be remedied, if we just had more Dirt Roads, because Dirt
Roads give character.
People that live
at the end of Dirt Roads learn early on that life is a bumpy ride.
That it can jar you
right down to your teeth sometimes, but it's worth it, if at the end is
home...a loving spouse, happy kids and a dog
We wouldn't have
near the trouble with our educational system if our kids got their exercise
walking a Dirt Road with other kids, from whom they learn how to get along.
There was less crime
in our streets before they were paved.
Criminals didn't
walk two dusty miles to rob or rape, if they knew they'd be welcomed by
5 barking dogs and a double barrel shotgun.
And there were no
drive by shootings.
Our values were better
when our roads were worse!
People did not worship
their cars more than their kids, and motorists were more courteous, they
didn't tailgate by riding the bumper or the guy in front would choke you
with dust & bust your windshield with rocks.
Dirt Roads taught
patience.
Dirt Roads were environmentally
friendly, you didn't hop in your car for a quart of milk you walked to
the barn for your milk.
For your mail, you
walked to the mail box.
What if it rained
and the Dirt Road got washed out? That was the best part, then you stayed
home and had some family time, roasted marshmallows and popped popcorn
and pony rode on Daddy's shoulders and learned how to make prettier quilts
than anybody.
At the end of Dirt
Roads, you soon learned that bad words tasted like soap.
Most paved roads
lead to trouble, Dirt Roads more likely lead to a fishing creek or a swimming
hole.
At the end of a Dirt
Road, the only time we even locked our car was in August, because if we
didn't some neighbor would fill it with too much zucchini.
At the end of a Dirt
Road, there was always extra springtime income from when city dudes
would get stuck, you'd have to hitch up a team and pull them out.
Usually you got a
dollar...always you got a new friend...at the end of a Dirt Road!
Author: Paul
Harvey
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