DIRT ROADS

What's mainly wrong with society today is that too
many dirt roads have been paved.

There's not a problem in society today: crime, drugs,
education, divorce and delinquency, that wouldn't be
remedied if we just had more dirt roads.

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, a dog and a few cats. 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 five 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 tail-
gate by riding the bumper, or the guy in front would
choke you with dust and 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! You stayed home and had
some family time, roasted marshmallows and popped
popcorn and a pony ride on Daddy's shoulders and
learned how to make prettier quilts than anybody.

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, and 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 Unknown, but story is credited to Paul Harvey

Page by: Judy Taylor ~ May 2008