Ahead of us on the highway, we saw a car in trouble. It had been raining that week, and we slowed down when we saw the car drive straight into a flooded area of the highway. “What do we have in the trunk to help them?” I anxiously said to my husband. “Do we have tow ropes?”
I immediately began to devise a plan of towing the car to safety with our little Volkswagen. Then I began to laugh. My husband and I shook our heads at how daft it was that we had not recognized the “flooding” ahead as simply a mirage. There was no water on the highway—no matter how many ropes I pictured we’d need.
Mirage is a useful concept to keep in mind when our eyes are telling us something evil exists and has power.
