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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.
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Heaven
$ U4 g9 }7 M2 h. K The pebble is worn smooth
3 u' c, w# D4 [2 A0 r7 L! y Made small over time% C' s; E! Q) o6 J9 N
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
  ?- N% N& Y& B. c5 o A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock+ s9 l4 e  U3 H# v/ L9 J. E+ h
An accidental offspring of a boulder & K+ l; ~/ ]# R1 b
But just a very small stone. 2 ]. w8 V" D& Z' K

/ f  `% L+ o! k: U- h8 f  [ The pebble's place in our world 5 I( [% ?; _; O2 i& x/ J: G# j
Is neither understood nor appreciated
( |( {( [6 Z* m* x But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
( Y- m, c2 f( Z0 E: V- ]0 W Its insignificance is transformed' h  G; X$ p% t8 Z7 ]  T- s
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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: K  g' m* o1 H  M5 v2 G The instant the pebble kisses the pond* \' k$ M, R8 D5 ~7 v
Its signature of concentric ripples
& B7 x: |  |: x5 d8 z Spiral outwards + i# I8 R1 J7 r
Moving far beyond itself.
/ `- n9 t/ B& o/ V Gently affecting everything in its wake
' Z8 H4 d( p0 L' P" g Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning + y7 z5 N$ n5 B  V0 I1 x; u
By unleashing its unimagined power? $ f$ T* G1 J; r/ O$ _3 ?+ r
Into a dueling force of action and reaction
; y" @  R4 m9 q8 F" K3 Y Creating karmic energy/ n* U6 V' Y( e! W) F2 I& o9 _
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?
; M/ C8 r$ s( @1 O& ~* L, S Feeling small and insignificant- }6 C' f) I- O: B
But ultimately recognizing 5 G3 L$ h0 Y" S
That who we are meant to be
% l5 u+ f, y9 w2 l( g" D' w Can never be measured in isolation! F. f$ U$ e8 G) R$ [
on a path into ourselves.
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# l# L0 m/ _1 @$ u4 D8 @+ | It is true then:& H2 h5 d: j8 t  q& E( P9 c
Our everlasting future
0 o1 c2 p8 f5 [3 w6 ]) z1 B Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
. O2 e4 G+ x( j1 t- z6 n0 G) A9 p4 X Into the pond of life
2 p0 C: e+ x2 X8 X* b& Z- G/ X" i Creating ripples
8 w  t. B% t/ r) V, Z8 v that leave unique mark on our world
1 ^2 ^# D- G$ f. e; P8 A$ U9 {5 Z Not because of thoughts
+ F( ~6 n/ Z& v$ }) e3 n" A8 K1 N. z not because of well meaning plans
; u# K% s) Y1 K0 X But because of actions.
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Our life's prayers our answered9 \5 D: ?( _% `8 w& s- E; w
Because even the smallest pebble 6 j  j2 M/ ]3 r
No matter how seemingly insignificant1 L- u" w* n6 E4 u
Changes the course of the lives
) K+ S% K# m  d1 _$ D1 v Of those we touch.? 4 ?) j4 k5 \" t+ r
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And when the icy winds of death
+ i; J, t) J& K9 Z beckon our lasting attention
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. a% T. y- e# T# ?% V0 r1 T With the knowledge that % h8 U5 N, T# C* G5 F
because of that one pebble 9 @6 C/ a0 }7 x  F+ ?% k
The world will never be the same.
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And then we have heaven …3 m; `) V: s$ F4 E. k6 w
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Ross Rosenberg
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