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Seven years ago I was asked by a friend if I was "religious and if I believed in God?" As a (formerly) practicing agnostic I quickly answered:"no." However, I defended myself by explaining that I lived my life according to universal principals of "right and wrong" (as I understood them). Because I believed that our deeds create a lasting effect on the world, I felt confident in my everlasting future. In other words, I wasn't worried about there being a heaven or not. I told my friend that when I die, I am banking on knowing that my impact on the world will be ever lasting. My "heaven" will ultimately be the creation of the the sum total of all my actions. ! D1 ]+ D4 \1 ^& e0 ^
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I will never forget my friend's response: he looked at me with glassy eyes, and told me how deeply spiritual I was. I didn't see it. It took five more years to see what he meant. Such was the inspiration of the following poem I wrote.
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Heaven* N. ~8 L! X2 W% S4 j5 J
The pebble is worn smooth 8 b+ `" ~+ @2 D" l. L
Made small over time, l9 C8 v2 c1 ~/ V/ @
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature9 D- V7 d: E5 o; m( g
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock" w8 s3 M) P# M8 g8 ]; B
An accidental offspring of a boulder
& P& W3 E5 O3 z But just a very small stone.
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The pebble's place in our world
( p$ c2 c1 p  w) b Is neither understood nor appreciated
( ~; K. f/ F$ |. p But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
- A! W2 a$ U" ] Its insignificance is transformed
) u6 p  n. S; L: y) M/ |( K" M Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.1 E) v8 a( n5 d

5 L. Y: Y! [* F8 S" c The instant the pebble kisses the pond
$ k9 B" U7 V) b% { Its signature of concentric ripples
4 D6 X& m' Q" Y6 C+ l9 ?0 V% q# c Spiral outwards
) b# ?* @* D" |  F& P Moving far beyond itself.
. t7 K; A1 y/ B0 d8 \% _8 h Gently affecting everything in its wake7 e" i8 _: R9 h  h+ h
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning ( f6 k5 A; ], H- }$ M( H
By unleashing its unimagined power?
' O; w/ b. v, |) J Into a dueling force of action and reaction1 x: W. G5 z% }8 l1 P) i/ R4 X
Creating karmic energy
6 I6 g! }, x3 h' Z, B Producing lasting and fluid impressions.6 O" ]8 t) o  X0 p
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Aren't we all pebbles?- p* [. z" u" M8 m- Y
Feeling small and insignificant
' K7 c4 W  H  U But ultimately recognizing 3 m0 U; l- B( y% D4 L
That who we are meant to be
. A2 s0 T* {# R; D8 T4 t Can never be measured in isolation
5 m) P' m) Q4 A) |3 I3 t on a path into ourselves.
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It is true then:
" T- f$ T& v# s9 G2 m Our everlasting future + [! S, ]0 g3 t0 Y0 F" @' L
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles/ F5 W0 f+ S* ?  [
Into the pond of life
0 L* t$ k' N% B$ T" K) v8 | Creating ripples ; X5 b3 p! D' n0 ^2 V+ @9 |' S
that leave unique mark on our world
5 ~$ J' o5 O6 l4 M2 h8 }" o' e Not because of thoughts
# [/ A% j6 c( H: ?! [& c not because of well meaning plans$ J' ^+ b% V. K- y  `3 a0 u) [7 c
But because of actions.
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& {* u, u/ d( N  b' ~+ }& B Our life's prayers our answered6 _2 a4 |, |* ]0 J% J
Because even the smallest pebble 5 ?4 w8 M+ [. J* O% d
No matter how seemingly insignificant
! a& D+ g+ R; F0 }3 S Changes the course of the lives+ \, i, R9 l0 T4 Y: N0 v( f
Of those we touch.? $ e% U3 o* ^; o0 _. D; }
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And when the icy winds of death
, a- m: f3 _: s# ^3 K beckon our lasting attention
( @: j8 I' a' Q+ v+ ^ We will gently leave this life
7 ?+ n+ F2 i0 X6 l* \) d; ^ With the knowledge that
8 H3 e* D8 @* p5 p$ w because of that one pebble 7 n+ {- o2 e5 k* m* p$ L
The world will never be the same.0 j. C7 G% R& a  B0 n: W& ?

: Y* r: ?9 o5 `- I3 {) k3 T And then we have heaven …
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  e* G) x, a* v0 @1 Q7 ? Ross Rosenberg, G" o; t! U7 M( a7 @4 C
8/18/03
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