Simple isn't always simple

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Isn't that a great comic?! A friend sent it my way the other day, knowing that we're big into baseball right now...or at least we'd like to be. [It'd be easier if all of Poland didn't go on vacation during the summer!]

I was just thinking about something another friend said when we were at Little League training a few months ago. He said that sometimes people make the game so difficult, teaching about designated hitters, infield fly rules, how to keep score on those ridiculous baseball score cards, etc. Instead of all of that junk that just muddies up the game for beginners, he said that he just thinks of it like this: see the ball, hit the ball. That's it...see the ball, hit the ball.

I sometimes think about how I really complicate my spiritual life. If and on which day to fast, how much time did I spend doing *X* spiritual task today, etc...you know what I mean. When in fact what we're called to is seemingly fairly simple...follow the Master and become more and more like Him.

Here's the thing though. It's another example of the phrase I'm coming to really enjoy, "simply complicated". The basics are quite simple: see the Master, be [like] the Master or See Him, be Him. But man is that hard!! Unbelievably so at times. I've struck out in both baseball and in my spiritual life, many times. But it does help me sometimes to take a step back and remember that it doesn't always have to be so complicated. Hey, maybe I should patent this thought...what do you think??

SEE&Be
SeeHimBeHim
(dare I?) SMBM

Ok, just kidding...that is, unless anyone really thinks I can make it big -- haha!