On any given day, I see hundreds - if not thousands - of signs. As soon as I leave the house, here they are: house numbers, street signs, traffic signs. They are everywhere: on buildings, street corners, stores, offices, schools, and parks. It's hard to imagine what our world would look like without signs.

Signs are rules that we follow: stop signs, speed signs, no trespassing signs. Signs provide information: we can buy coffee at this building, food at that one, and over there are books, computers, cars, clothes and shoes. Some signs scream "danger", others are peacefully reassuring. Signs can remind us about good manners: clean up after your pet, keep our community clean. Signs keep us safe and keep us in line. I don't want to try to envision the chaos of traffic with no road signs. Or how I would go about finding someone's house if the streets had no names.

I follow the signs - sometimes consciously, and at other times, I hardly even notice them. But I surely need them. Don't you?

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