Behavioural Theories From San Antonio, take Interstate Ten west and you will find it. It's
a straight shot and not too far of a drive. Forty-five minutes of
weaving through the Texas Hill Country and you will run smack-dab into
Comfort. Blink and you'll miss it. Nestled between hills, pastures,
and the nooks of the Guadalupe River, Comfort may seem to fit the part
of typical "small town Texas." Highlights include antiques, big high
school football games, gossip, numerous generations of the same
family, parades, community wide church barbecues, and a Dairy Queen.
Sometimes even I, having lived there all my life, cannot make out
distinctions deeper than these. Yet if you look close enough, there is
much more to the community than meets the eye. It was not until I
moved away that I was able to appreciate how truly unique it is.
Founded by Germans in 1854, the community is a perfect blend of new
ideas and old tradition. Comfort's quaint atmosphere is an attraction
to many. So-called "newcomers" are those attempting to escape the
hustle and bustle of the city and give their children the possible
advantage of a smaller school system. These immigrants bring novel
additions to the community; new businesses, fresh faces on the Chamber
of Commerce, and original ideas for improvement of the town as a
whole. These people are the main contributors to Comfort's expansion.
Farming and ranching, however, remain the predominant way of life. The
town is surrounded on all sides by pastureland that has been passed
down from generation to generation. School is canceled for...
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... could relate simply because they all belonged to Comfort in
some way. The history of the building appealed to older generations
and its display of cultural peculiarity drew in the new members of the
community.
As I watched Jim sweep up before closing on my last afternoon at the
shop, he said, "This place has nothing to do with me. It would be
going on anyway." I thought about this. Although Jim and Gael both
play integral parts in what Jim deemed the barber shop's "on going
saga," its importance to the community was a phenomenon in itself.
Since its beginning, the Comfort Barber Shop has been a center for
people to congregate and grow together in fellowship. Through gossip,
news, small talk, smiles, concerns, handshakes, and laughter, the
people that walk through the door of Gael's leave knowing where they
belong.
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