The Cowboy Code

I was recently thumbing through a copy of American Cowboy's Collector's Edition.. LEGENDS of the West.. I don't know about you, but my siblings and I were raised on a steady diet of spagetti westerns and this particular issue focused on how much Hollywood's cowboy and western movies helped to shape our country.  I was pleased to see that when they named 'The 10 Greatest Westerns of All-Time', my Dad's all time favorite classic (that he shared and passed on to all seven of his children) "Once Upon A Time In The West" was number ONE.  But, something else caught my attention.. and as simple as it seems.. we seem to be missing it's common sense a lot now a days.. 

Gene Autry's Cowboy Code:

- A cowboy never shoots first, hits a smaller man, or takes an unfair advantage.
- A cowboy never goes back on his word or a trust confided in him.
- A cowboy always tells the truth.
- A cowboy is gentle with children, the elderly, and small animals.
- A cowboy does not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant views and ideas.
- A cowboy helps people in distress.
- A cowboy is a good worker.
- A cowboy keeps himself clean in thought, speech, action, and personal habits.
- A cowboy respects women, parents, and his nation's views.
- A cowboy is a patriot.

Thanks for bringing it all into perspective Gene.  :-)

To the code,

 Ginny

www.GinnyBianchet.com

 “It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life.., that no man can sincerely try to  help  another  without helping himself.”

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)