Dirt Roads
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~