The simple things

In today’s first reading (2 Kings 5:1-15ab), a powerful man has a difficult problem but refuses the most simple and mundane steps to solve it: washing seven times in the Jordan to be cleansed of leprosy.

How often do we seek to solve our problems and find happiness through elaborate programs, a wonder drug, or a greatly desired person or thing (none of which provides true, complete, and lasting happiness) while neglecting the classic, simple, and mundane steps laid out for us by God: praying regularly, living morally, receiving the Sacraments, studying and spreading the truth, and sharing the love of God with others?