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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.$ X+ P; v3 y% D' r- R$ F9 T
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Heaven! P7 ]1 ]7 G- p
The pebble is worn smooth
& y, J/ p& r, E  G0 j Made small over time
& n5 S' i$ ]) r/ G8 `0 t A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
9 b; f. U* @1 `( v( s A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
* [1 w- C. I) \4 M/ M An accidental offspring of a boulder
! q& m4 s# q6 O, X8 U+ p But just a very small stone. . K( X% H* ^9 W+ F" F

0 c  J3 ^: u; \" c8 s( ]4 C( R The pebble's place in our world
" v8 g/ J3 ?  e# o6 a Is neither understood nor appreciated) F: A) v8 \' ?0 _$ _
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
7 j3 S% E2 N  g2 a) u4 H Its insignificance is transformed, p& o7 j: W* G; \$ [
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed./ f; z! I3 _$ I& y; T4 E
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond
% i; _) o% T$ c* N* y# `0 k' {: g# X Its signature of concentric ripples - \6 N; ~' R- S4 S. p1 ~* Q* ?
Spiral outwards
0 I: ^) I; W9 K( p: q: O* p Moving far beyond itself.3 y' ?+ W+ P  j  T% O$ M
Gently affecting everything in its wake
7 V1 W! r( X7 o6 {: E/ L Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning " B( ^' B. a; ?: V. j0 W) S$ f8 W
By unleashing its unimagined power?
) U# ]. t5 w, O+ r& i4 \0 {* h Into a dueling force of action and reaction6 S3 y# L3 F. u/ D( E. N) f" z, c  p
Creating karmic energy  ?% l# `+ G1 z4 p- f
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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# p) ^7 B% _2 ]) x! J9 y Aren't we all pebbles?3 p2 z4 H7 K3 @1 g  D9 `' m* \
Feeling small and insignificant- b! E5 \3 U3 E2 U
But ultimately recognizing / Y- t% O, Z1 a- Z2 I6 M
That who we are meant to be
. T6 u  @6 V8 ]) N* z- h Can never be measured in isolation
- n/ }0 d# q: [2 }! Q) W on a path into ourselves.
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It is true then:
3 r" w& I3 O0 }% a  x: H/ ^ Our everlasting future
6 T, V& ~+ k1 v# v, l9 S0 E Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles5 M9 F6 \- Q" d% ^
Into the pond of life
% i6 `; `3 N8 D! L. h Creating ripples 3 \# r" _7 _8 e2 B5 |
that leave unique mark on our world ' }4 y& Y# A+ k( ?; ?5 U
Not because of thoughts $ Y8 t! }5 W  [0 B. v. s
not because of well meaning plans
" ]% X% o" q- Z) i  [ But because of actions.
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4 ~- d# o# |; D5 R+ d# V Our life's prayers our answered# Z$ S% o$ ^$ y  \8 t$ H( D
Because even the smallest pebble
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Changes the course of the lives
2 r% i6 c* N% ?- P Of those we touch.? - [3 y" ?* o' T  }7 x  F4 A
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And when the icy winds of death7 P, C5 b+ T6 L
beckon our lasting attention0 @) S! E5 z; `5 r, U
We will gently leave this life / r: T) |/ \' d( j
With the knowledge that $ |/ _% v1 W) b5 d
because of that one pebble + i) I/ k( u( g& ]
The world will never be the same.4 A" G: |; f6 x3 D

0 F# E3 |4 F0 s And then we have heaven …. H3 _% B8 N1 v, g2 z( h! \

% w( w7 W8 {7 r Ross Rosenberg9 ^; {4 S& M' u  {# V6 }
8/18/03
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