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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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: m" _; ^; w1 O9 k' R, Q3 E" V 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
9 Y2 a0 p# V0 o6 C- k. U7 B The pebble is worn smooth : m$ }7 P) a7 m5 p% `& b
Made small over time
; `) m1 J. I! ~5 ~% y9 y5 | A product of a cataclysmic force of nature1 R4 D+ s7 A5 h* Q# ]3 p
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock2 j, X2 q( S# F" P. [
An accidental offspring of a boulder + @$ n+ s. P+ L1 q0 A
But just a very small stone.
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3 q" R5 v' F# D9 L5 g' w5 K The pebble's place in our world / L( H' z5 t: L8 H/ x
Is neither understood nor appreciated5 d/ Y3 ^! j  D& h
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
; U( m, I8 l, W9 d% x9 r Its insignificance is transformed! U$ H- ]7 S( n, a/ U4 w
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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- v! t% O" _3 U0 m The instant the pebble kisses the pond
- e5 t6 i, h6 A Its signature of concentric ripples % z, s& X& m! W" u, D) q% g
Spiral outwards ) g" T9 Y3 U( b6 {  L7 i$ H
Moving far beyond itself.
- W# q- P. l  X4 f) ` Gently affecting everything in its wake, f& g) j7 b% ?; H& z
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.. Q& Y" `# G9 C0 |# {2 b/ a
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning " R6 k$ m) h- t1 [$ V
By unleashing its unimagined power?
! w- G4 O! l$ `& Y  }0 ^ Into a dueling force of action and reaction" Y/ {, V% ~+ x# H: C5 E/ J
Creating karmic energy% g# A8 i9 a6 D  A
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?
1 w. B1 s5 \3 K, T7 }. O( \ Feeling small and insignificant  r5 ]" ~1 j, k- `4 j. U/ z% Z
But ultimately recognizing / s. o+ Y4 M6 W$ H
That who we are meant to be
. v+ h3 ]7 H5 `& C8 Y/ y Can never be measured in isolation1 n( i2 {* N. \# g9 v, N! C! S+ T
on a path into ourselves.% q: p6 n+ [. q- f! s1 V, W9 A, j
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It is true then:- R, D% z( h, w8 G
Our everlasting future 6 G+ X7 F2 b7 e) U
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles7 R, P- `3 }3 T1 Z1 L
Into the pond of life
: [/ Z0 o! b% l* ]$ E Creating ripples 2 G& _  n: \* t, B) D# W' P
that leave unique mark on our world 0 T& W  a! U3 a8 \* ^) r9 V" b+ c
Not because of thoughts
- S* @$ E7 l! y9 o; B: B6 y. d- F not because of well meaning plans
6 o  d' z9 b6 V+ K0 z" L1 J But because of actions.
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Our life's prayers our answered3 K! u' X5 F/ r
Because even the smallest pebble
5 ]7 T8 `' T9 L/ W4 L No matter how seemingly insignificant
. f& a+ m/ Z7 S Changes the course of the lives  r0 O3 m# ?3 A* O- T9 y
Of those we touch.? & M* X$ L% g" F

7 u, w- T4 U; ?  U8 }0 C And when the icy winds of death
; C( b+ c" n& W% \( O beckon our lasting attention
% A+ g) V" h* {+ o+ E2 H( c; e We will gently leave this life
9 L$ P, b: b7 @/ z; i7 o- I With the knowledge that ) J6 U1 _1 D& M9 I: I  m
because of that one pebble & ]& {1 Z7 t+ n) d
The world will never be the same., J- {6 S0 A3 j3 C& V# S
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And then we have heaven …
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Ross Rosenberg$ u# r# ^% n) l5 Y& Z
8/18/03
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