Iceberg

This week I came across a very beautiful photo of an iceberg, showing its imposing size and highlighting the white that floats on the blue of the sea. So I went to research comparisons with human beings.

A book cover is a summary, an idea of what's inside. Experience teaches us not to judge a book by its cover alone: we need to delve deeper into its content. The human mind is similar.

Humans have a keen need for curiosity, and it is through this curiosity that we learn. It's true that some don't dedicate themselves as much to it, but it's never too late to learn more. In the book I'm rereading, there's a section on this: "Cultivating Curiosity." The psychologist states that "the first step to rekindling the love of learning involves faith," that "it's necessary to believe that we are capable of finding pleasure in learning." When we were babies, it was through curiosity that we learned to crawl, walk, hold on, and hug. Without exploration, there is no discovery. Looking again at a picture of an iceberg, I decided to seek more information on the subject: "The enthusiasm and excitement that children show when they ask questions and end up learning."

Freud's iceberg metaphor illustrates the structure of the human mind: only a small part of who we are is accessible to consciousness, while the greater part remains submerged in the unconscious, silently but powerfully influencing our desires, emotions, and behaviors.

An iceberg is a large block of freshwater ice that breaks off from glaciers or ice shelves and floats freely in the oceans, mainly in polar regions. Its most notable characteristic is that about 90% of its mass is submerged, with only a small part visible (the famous "tip of the iceberg"), due to its density being slightly lower than that of saltwater. The word comes from the Dutch ijsberg , which means "ice mountain".

We all have a gift that God has given us. Ask Him for guidance to help that spark shine again. Doing your part is essential for your dreams and goals to be realized. Do you want to be a voice echoing in the desert, just like John the Baptist, who spent years learning, preparing and working on his gift, until he was ready to smooth hearts and ears for the arrival of the one whose sandals we cannot untie: Jesus, the beloved Son of God? He, too, like John, went through constant learning, conversed in prayer with God day by day, and used his marvelous gift to help people.

Let us be like the iceberg that floats for months in the oceans until it becomes part of something larger. In the same way, it takes time to learn something new, through repetition and study.

May we float on the seas of knowledge and wisdom, perfecting our gifts, improving our lives with physical activity, healthy eating, study to strengthen the mind, and faith to strengthen the spirit. Let us reaffirm our faith through knowledge of the Word and increase our intimacy with God through prayer. This takes time, but living this process can be easier if done with love.

In the end, we will have increased our capacity for achievement, becoming greater than we were when we decided, sparked by curiosity, to seek more. Just like an iceberg that, in its process of navigating the oceans with unparalleled beauty and grandeur, gradually continues its journey, transforming itself and becoming part of something new and extraordinary.

The iceberg, as it floats along its trajectory, constantly diminishes, leaving its initial shape and transforming into something larger and more extraordinary. In John 3:30, John the Baptist says: "He must increase, but I must decrease ," symbolizing the humility of John the Baptist in recognizing Jesus as the Messiah, with Him as the center and Savior of our lives, while John the Baptist was only the forerunner who preached repentance, baptizing with water, preparing the way for the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29), diminishing his own importance so that Christ might receive all the glory .

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  The life and ministry of Jesus, of love and salvation, correspond to the complete work of God's glory.