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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.* ?/ R% H* D1 l
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Heaven
( F5 C- ~5 m( p The pebble is worn smooth # z. Q! n5 V' w! o
Made small over time
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A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock! t! L" E9 g1 D1 a( _4 {
An accidental offspring of a boulder
- L6 [5 Y6 O% a But just a very small stone. + q* ~4 e! j1 b7 j8 c

1 @0 Y$ ~' a4 M$ W* ] The pebble's place in our world
" `& X- P, |) q' K3 Z& v2 W' k/ [& A. E Is neither understood nor appreciated
0 I6 R/ O) c. O But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
  g$ Y% z& b) }4 |: |5 r4 J* G Its insignificance is transformed4 Q+ m; Q( J* M
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.) M$ d' [. G6 h# K. e5 L  M! M2 z6 |
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond
( T3 X* R1 ]" R Its signature of concentric ripples
. v# Q8 u6 |& l9 z3 S  A4 T5 [  O Spiral outwards + S+ t2 l+ C0 |: ~
Moving far beyond itself.
$ U/ Z; t1 O" x1 b Gently affecting everything in its wake
9 A( a" ~2 j! [ Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning " T% T/ N* V" X8 A  ~* I' g1 ~9 u6 _
By unleashing its unimagined power?
5 J7 V! Z$ \* V7 e Into a dueling force of action and reaction
* r9 h+ M& P; A! ?* ` Creating karmic energy  D% {% z9 |8 o; i
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.: H  ?( L1 b, W# C8 K, J) L
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Aren't we all pebbles?' b# Z; {/ a8 W; b8 h& D; f
Feeling small and insignificant0 o" {, G1 B2 z) P, r
But ultimately recognizing 3 t( P  m( y, x  N8 Y. U# j
That who we are meant to be* @6 F; L$ I- J- n9 t
Can never be measured in isolation) b: [0 H+ J$ D- r6 I
on a path into ourselves.
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It is true then:
  u; d% N) |! f% M2 S$ @/ ~% i' E Our everlasting future
8 R* n- R9 ~4 ?, {9 e- D2 B Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles" [, F6 v+ E+ J
Into the pond of life; L: \6 t& ^, \2 d8 w* r* Y
Creating ripples
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Not because of thoughts
# U* C: B( ^5 L" _ not because of well meaning plans
$ i7 C: `( K: n5 u# O& ? But because of actions. ! Y; F4 Z' f3 N8 o
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Our life's prayers our answered
+ m. T4 G) `! @/ n1 O  m Because even the smallest pebble
" Z& j* n  _8 Z% k No matter how seemingly insignificant& Z1 f: j6 O5 ]  A
Changes the course of the lives# T" n/ t& ^' }: V5 n
Of those we touch.?
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6 Z) O% r9 p5 s: Q And when the icy winds of death
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! ~/ O( a3 }4 A4 R2 v- ^ We will gently leave this life 2 `; U$ [& R, z% h& N
With the knowledge that ; ]) F9 |5 L' D& p/ g
because of that one pebble 7 S6 C) G/ U  K# B8 D# I
The world will never be the same.
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3 k2 B& D' Z' G6 j+ e And then we have heaven …' X. [- G! J  L' F7 c

" H5 |! X7 k& K0 _' g8 R* N* y Ross Rosenberg
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