Skip to content Perhaps the most valuable lesson to take away from this midnight sighting is not about Donald Trump, his security, or his possessions. It is a lesson about our own internal state. The next time we feel that surge of frantic excitement, the next time we feel the urge to share an unverified claim, or the next time we find ourselves breathlessly speculating on the “hidden meaning” behind a mundane photo, we should take a step back. We should ask ourselves if we are actually looking at the world, or if we are merely staring at a screen that is feeding our own need for excitement. The truth is almost always less interesting than the conspiracy, and that is precisely why we must strive to see it. We owe it to ourselves to stop chasing the high of the rumor and start engaging with the reality of the world as it actually is—quiet, unglamorous, and wonderfully, refreshingly ordinary. Until we learn that, we will continue to be haunted by our own shadows, forever mistaking the mundane for the monumental
