The Cat is like society.  Maybe I can blame the Cat in the Hat.  But not really.  I can see it more clearly now.  Our spiritual life is like that.   Without anyone to help keep us accountable, it can be like the Cat in the Hat  story.  It would be better that we never let the Cat in the house in the first place.   And the more you let the Cat fix the very problems he creates, the worse it gets.