The Cowboy Way

continued

the ones you love? That's part of it but not

all of it.

Young Man: Is it the Golden Rule?

Old Man: Doing for others what you do for yourself? That's part of it, too, but not all of it.

Young Man: So what is all of it?

Old Man: Four words, Son: "Do the right thing."

Young Man: "Do the right thing"? But how do I know what the right thing to do is?

Old Man: You know. Everybody knows. Everybody's born knowing. Problem is, some folks forget it and other folks ignore it. That's why God made cowboys: to help the folks who forgot to remember and to remind the folks who ignore it why that's the wrong thing to do.

Young Man: Is that why the Riders in the Sky are coming to the Power Center?