Easter 2025: a drop in the ocean.

A drop in the ocean.

The great thing about a blog, or for example the older brother of Instagram; Facebook, is that you can get some text out of the medium. In this case, it is very necessary, so I would like to share some thoughts here again.
For many, Easter means breakfast, eggs, bunnies and spring. That's great, life is something to celebrate. For me, however, Easter still has its original Christian meaning. This is the death and resurrection of Jesus, the power of forgiveness and the promise of a new beginning. My faith is often leaky and sometimes weak. By that I mean that the world, the news and events sometimes hurt too much and I like to crawl into my own bubble, which does not provide inspiration at all, but rather results in doubt and hopelessness in which there is no longer any question of action. I will take you back to almost a year ago.

Ten months ago, during such a period, I started writing a piano piece such as the one that is now on the music services as the modern classical piano work, "Ballade in C sharp minor (everything was meant for loving you)". The musical themes came quickly but it took me a long time to figure out what the intention of the piece was and how it should be played. This composition gradually brought me back on a path of reflection and forced me to look in the mirror. Every note now reflects hope and renewal for me, which embodies the authentic Easter celebration.
What pointed me in the direction of that intention was the idea of ​​‘a drop in the ocean’.

We often think that a personal action does not matter in a problem or situation that is so big that it makes us despondent or shocked. We think that we simply have no influence and we suffer under it or lose our involvement in what is happening. Unfortunately, those situations are there for the taking, on a larger or smaller scale, global proportions or very personal. However, we miss the most important point here.
This point is that change starts with an urgency from within yourself so as not to withdraw your feeling from something and in the best case let the drop fall on that ocean. Thinking that it doesn't help is the obvious pitfall. However, the opposite is the case. For that we have to go back to that cross from the Bible and the higher plan of God.

Jesus voluntarily took our burden upon himself so that we would be free and live forever. Jesus sacrificed himself out of love for us, despite the fact that not everyone sees or wants to see that. That Love transcends everything and is for us if we accept that. In order to accept that love we have to start trying to feel some love for our fellow man and at least want to mean something to them. Jesus said "what you do for the least, you do for me". Everything I have done was meant out of love for you...

That is the mirror I have to look into in order to get out of my bubble. Too often I ignore situations close by or in the world that I actually shouldn't ignore. I can't solve them and that's not necessary, that thought is the pitfall. As an individual no one can solve everything completely but they can certainly contribute to the solution. I can show involvement and do the least for someone. A greeting, a smile, be the first to reach out, transfer two euros, take something for the food bank. If you strive to leave that behind a little better, regardless of what you find, then something changes in you. You then become a mirror for others, you bring light and hope. Everything you do, you have done to love that other person. 

A drop does that.