So, I've been thinking a lot about routes lately and I realize that we have people all over

the country who are part of the virtual fun puse.

So when I say routes, I mean the R-O-O-T-S version that you might say routes, routes,

routes, not like routes, R-O-U-T-E-S, routes, routes, those other things.

So routes lately and how important routes are, like how good it is to have routes, like

it is just, in fact, psychologists talk about one of the stages of development for young

for children is stability, to have a place where they know is home, to have relationships

that they know are consistent, to have the stability when it comes to, if I do this, I get,

you know, rewarded, if I don't, if I do something else, I get disciplined.

That kind of stability, that reality of having routes is so good and necessary for us.

In fact, I sometimes mourn the loss of routes in our modern culture where everyone has to

kind of, you're expected to leave home, you're expected to leave your family of origin,

you're expected to go some other place where no one knows you and like set down your own

routes.

In fact, I think routes are so important that at some point in the future we're going

to talk about how good they are and how, like, necessary, not today, not in the next

couple of weeks, but some, sometimes soon.

And also even naturally speaking, I mean, think about plants and trees, route, what are

routes do?

Roots are the thing that really actually keep the tree strong.

The routes are the things that keep them upright in the midst of storms.

The routes are the things that keep them watered when there's a drought.

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