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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.
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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.- I9 c" Y1 \# u8 G8 h

* s: A; p: w' d0 f Heaven
" G5 C9 I$ j& G The pebble is worn smooth / C! w* f& {1 t$ Y
Made small over time
/ F2 c& B5 Z0 j. A A product of a cataclysmic force of nature7 o+ f8 b5 x' h- I% a/ F
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
: B/ G! f# T# P2 }$ u An accidental offspring of a boulder
6 q* j3 z( |# o; L+ L6 h/ L* I But just a very small stone. - M) @. A6 }7 L3 i7 e) X  @
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The pebble's place in our world
2 p  T5 f# Q7 Y$ y Is neither understood nor appreciated0 }) s  m5 i5 N, d* `& `4 M
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond : v# z/ u2 q7 {$ F1 u. G
Its insignificance is transformed0 A% x5 ?8 }+ B5 x( V
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.  L) E( h+ a8 |
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond
" k. r. V- _' G; t- {: Y2 V7 G, M' H Its signature of concentric ripples & h3 Q! c  t) [3 K* v
Spiral outwards $ u! ?) V8 A1 V. T+ D4 v( \1 f
Moving far beyond itself., {/ ^7 U( w* z* H' l- y
Gently affecting everything in its wake
* D8 T% r. ]( _& |8 v1 z* F Forever altering the smooth placid surface.1 r3 N8 X0 ]$ S/ z7 z( W% \: [8 l
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning
1 A, z/ L" F& |* v, S# x  D By unleashing its unimagined power?
' m* h+ m4 `: X; q% E# }  w7 f2 F Into a dueling force of action and reaction0 E; v3 x8 i# x! h( `7 h5 c: A
Creating karmic energy
* w5 I* X3 W( s7 W" G6 \, o Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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1 I' V9 }2 D9 K# ^2 G Aren't we all pebbles?5 m5 Y* M, E% Y( p! h. L
Feeling small and insignificant& P* O- g9 u/ b1 j  m8 G* W
But ultimately recognizing
1 F4 q% r/ x: D9 y# {5 R9 A7 s" ` That who we are meant to be
% g& V1 M' |0 Q  v5 ^ Can never be measured in isolation- O1 l$ C  _3 @- i; g7 ~9 i
on a path into ourselves.
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1 G  x$ i, \0 u, X! y3 J% ^ It is true then:
6 m+ Y. c2 X: N8 u1 Z3 T+ P Our everlasting future
7 V) Q0 \7 Z5 P1 f Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles" k$ L& x! \% l" [& W5 v: P
Into the pond of life/ j) d7 X' \: R5 R+ [8 r/ O3 R
Creating ripples ' {% Z$ p1 S5 }( A1 k( \
that leave unique mark on our world
& o1 E( ?+ e4 W# Z5 M  M; A5 W2 h Not because of thoughts
6 V) X9 y8 @" p: A4 L not because of well meaning plans
5 p% h: i8 k# R" f0 n But because of actions.
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Our life's prayers our answered
. _- K$ B- n5 t+ M; k* @ Because even the smallest pebble & C1 H1 [/ M! q* u5 W
No matter how seemingly insignificant/ e2 U) x6 J8 W8 I+ j; M
Changes the course of the lives
# ~) t6 x* d+ u Of those we touch.? ; L3 A$ C/ Y) j. }
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And when the icy winds of death
5 z- S2 f1 v+ C+ e# c0 a4 n beckon our lasting attention
- B* L: [5 p/ |2 M2 P6 { We will gently leave this life % @7 X  @/ ^0 R9 p" @
With the knowledge that
/ W* N7 M2 H: E" `0 y because of that one pebble
2 ?* m" p% ?) P  e* R; w The world will never be the same.7 S! N* {- ~" e- c
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And then we have heaven …: W! R) z5 R& G, r/ Q" S

+ d: x3 ^+ [, c5 j# t) { Ross Rosenberg
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