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Ok so i do a little writing mostly short stories. my wife said i should post one so, let me know what you think.
I was driving home from my parent’s house the other night when I passed an old farmer that lives down the road. He waved (you know two fingers up off the steering wheel), I returned the gesture and went on driving. Then I got to thinking about it (the wave) and it donned on me, you can tell a lot about someone by the way they wave. The kind of life they lead, their mood, etc… For instance there is the quick five finger wave that you give someone you know but maybe haven’t talked to in a while, or the arm out the window wave that you give to your buddy. There is also the new breed of quick palm flashing wave that is synonymous with talking on a cell phone while taking notes, This wave is just quick enough to not loose control of the vehicle but acknowledge the other person. However farmers have and always will have a unique way of waving. Some prefer the index finger point (straight to the person like a gun), while others opt for the more common two fingers approach. I even know a few people who go for the three-finger salute, but that’s rare. I personally am a two-finger kind of guy. For those of you who have never lived in a small town you probably have only experienced this in passing through as many of us often do, and don’t think twice about the significant of it. For those of us who have grownup in and around small towns have grown accustom to identifying the various people of the community by the way they wave. Being a hunter I have often been in unfamiliar towns where I know nobody. Even so there is always a few farmers, ranchers, etc. . That takes the time to recognize my existence on earth by just lifting a few fingers off the steering wheel. However insignificant this gesture it makes me feel a little bit more at home with my surroundings. I have noticed that anymore the only people who take the time to even acknowledge your exctance are for the most part people from small towns. When was the last time you or any one you know waved or got waved to driving in downtown Denver, unless it was the infamous you’re number one gesture. The way I see it if we all took one second to just give a friendly wave hello in passing maybe just maybe it would brighten that person’s day, if not you’re out one second in the thousands of seconds in your life. I’m not saying that you should endanger yourself or other motorists just to wave at someone, but if you are just driving along and have one hand free give it a try. It doesn’t have to be wave ether. It could be holding the door on your way out of the gas station for someone behind you or opening the door for someone on your way into a restaurant. Heck if you are an outgoing person try saying hi to someone walking down the street. It seems that in our fast pace lives we are forgetting the things that make life more enjoyable. Out here in Colorado we are lucky to have a blend of small towns and big cities so most of us have passed through a small town and experienced the friendly ness of people who will take the time to open a door or say hi to a complete stranger. I know we have all seen the movies that show small towns as the places where everyone waves and everybody knows everybody. Luckily most of the small town stereotype is for the most part true. But in this cell phone, Internet, dot COM world small towns and small town people are becoming a thing of the past. Hopefully through friendly gestures however small we can make someone who is in a strange place feel like they are a little closer to home. And if that whole thing about what goes around comes around is true, someone someday will make you feel a little closer to home.
I wrote this when we lived in colorado. Boy do i miss it there, we will be back next spring after May Maddness of course. We have had enough of vegas.
I was driving home from my parent’s house the other night when I passed an old farmer that lives down the road. He waved (you know two fingers up off the steering wheel), I returned the gesture and went on driving. Then I got to thinking about it (the wave) and it donned on me, you can tell a lot about someone by the way they wave. The kind of life they lead, their mood, etc… For instance there is the quick five finger wave that you give someone you know but maybe haven’t talked to in a while, or the arm out the window wave that you give to your buddy. There is also the new breed of quick palm flashing wave that is synonymous with talking on a cell phone while taking notes, This wave is just quick enough to not loose control of the vehicle but acknowledge the other person. However farmers have and always will have a unique way of waving. Some prefer the index finger point (straight to the person like a gun), while others opt for the more common two fingers approach. I even know a few people who go for the three-finger salute, but that’s rare. I personally am a two-finger kind of guy. For those of you who have never lived in a small town you probably have only experienced this in passing through as many of us often do, and don’t think twice about the significant of it. For those of us who have grownup in and around small towns have grown accustom to identifying the various people of the community by the way they wave. Being a hunter I have often been in unfamiliar towns where I know nobody. Even so there is always a few farmers, ranchers, etc. . That takes the time to recognize my existence on earth by just lifting a few fingers off the steering wheel. However insignificant this gesture it makes me feel a little bit more at home with my surroundings. I have noticed that anymore the only people who take the time to even acknowledge your exctance are for the most part people from small towns. When was the last time you or any one you know waved or got waved to driving in downtown Denver, unless it was the infamous you’re number one gesture. The way I see it if we all took one second to just give a friendly wave hello in passing maybe just maybe it would brighten that person’s day, if not you’re out one second in the thousands of seconds in your life. I’m not saying that you should endanger yourself or other motorists just to wave at someone, but if you are just driving along and have one hand free give it a try. It doesn’t have to be wave ether. It could be holding the door on your way out of the gas station for someone behind you or opening the door for someone on your way into a restaurant. Heck if you are an outgoing person try saying hi to someone walking down the street. It seems that in our fast pace lives we are forgetting the things that make life more enjoyable. Out here in Colorado we are lucky to have a blend of small towns and big cities so most of us have passed through a small town and experienced the friendly ness of people who will take the time to open a door or say hi to a complete stranger. I know we have all seen the movies that show small towns as the places where everyone waves and everybody knows everybody. Luckily most of the small town stereotype is for the most part true. But in this cell phone, Internet, dot COM world small towns and small town people are becoming a thing of the past. Hopefully through friendly gestures however small we can make someone who is in a strange place feel like they are a little closer to home. And if that whole thing about what goes around comes around is true, someone someday will make you feel a little closer to home.
I wrote this when we lived in colorado. Boy do i miss it there, we will be back next spring after May Maddness of course. We have had enough of vegas.
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