Charly Gullett

“The Cowboy WayBeing a Cowboy is doing the right thing; commonwisdom born of simple virtues and strong ideals.Above all, it is a strict adherence to honestyeven when it is not in our best interests.It is having an inherent sense of justice in aworld where the cards are often stacked against us.We try to hold enough common sense to recognizethe value of a lost cause and the cost of lost values.Generally speaking, we are quietly reserved in allthings except freedom, fresh air and Saturday night.We have a keen eye for agood horse, a good gun,and a good Cowgirl.Constant to friends, we are more so whenfriends need us, less so when they don't.Familiar with hard work we also knowhard knocks and hard roads.Often given to tearswhen lesser individuals would display indifference;we are as well given to joy in a fewplaces others would only find disdain.We enjoy plain living, not becausewe relish doing without, but because we havediscovered the treasures within.And, finally, we have that elusive emotion calledcourage which is, at worst, a badly directed sense ofconceit and, at best, it is the stuffof which dreams are made. . . .”