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!
~by Paul Harvey~ |
