Old Buildings & The World

While driving down an old country road, staring at the cornfields, woods and small creeks that are nearly dried up it could almost take you back into time. There are small towns every so many miles between the fields and creeks. All of the small towns like to highlight the past. The past was when the “small towns” were big.

When driving through small towns around here, I occasionally think that this town was probably a busy place. This town was alive once. The buildings were more than a pile of dirty brick. There were colors painted on them. Signs were hung up, lights were on and there was so much more traffic.; whether it be by foot, horse or car. I look at the buildings and think that it was once spectacular. I think of all the life that was surrounded by it.

There were many people that built that very large building.  Some of them still alive and probably live close. Those people used their hands, blood and sweat instead of machinery to build that huge brick building.

That seemed to be generation that started the economy’s growth. This generation of people are people that have respect for others and care for others. These people busted their backs for their families and the future of others. Some of the businesses treated their employees worse than any businesses around now. The world wasn’t so “bubble wrapped” as it is now. This was the working class.

Over time the town, the people, and/or owners let those beautiful buildings go. Maybe not having the funds to fix it, time or health. Whatever it may be, it has me thinking more into the past.

Some of the thoughts that sound  appealing are that; I love the thought of the past seemed to be a happier time in the country. Most all families were together, not separated. Mothers normally stayed home to raise the children; Wives normally always had dinner waiting for the husband after a long work day. Children were respectful and had manners. People attended church every Sunday and that was a day of rest. As well as a person could take a hand shake and someone’s word for the truth.

But what has happened over the years?

The small towns look run down. People do not take care of things. People do not want to work for things.  Some people believe that they are entitled to things that have not affected them. It seems that this world has weakened to me. It has weakened as the big buildings that had so much meaning and life at one time. The buildings could be restored and look magnificent once again; As so could the world.

The world that once didn’t have enough man power seemed to have all the power, all the love within each other, and the brains to make things happen.

The world today has turned ugly and violent. It is running off of money and power. There isn’t any compassion anymore. People want to argue and fight over nonsense. There isn’t any trust in business anymore either. The handshake is long gone.

We can only have faith that the world we currently live in will be half of what it was.