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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." M, N: A4 D0 _  r
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Heaven3 D8 H- ^) S1 V! J  g7 C! h
The pebble is worn smooth
. `' x  f8 u" J! a Made small over time
7 P( o( R  y( W3 @# V8 t) d A product of a cataclysmic force of nature6 B. ]9 \/ P7 G% F; X2 I' |% D
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
) W6 ?3 a. C2 e+ m+ y2 I An accidental offspring of a boulder
0 {3 x0 T0 q$ P; ~' ^& g But just a very small stone.
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The pebble's place in our world % m$ m1 X+ \7 ?
Is neither understood nor appreciated  V  V, H6 {* x0 A/ f
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
3 v+ t4 V! J# `. p Its insignificance is transformed
' `; o, n% r* O) a! N+ t+ F Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.+ x/ m7 b0 h  ?: M" S3 z" l# u  I

6 o  b" O6 r6 U# b' {; ? The instant the pebble kisses the pond
" L* d5 U8 ]. \1 l1 D* h Its signature of concentric ripples
+ Z$ x/ ^4 R/ q* n8 q Spiral outwards : n& m: T: ~$ I) H
Moving far beyond itself.4 v+ m( t7 g: p- A6 v$ h2 x
Gently affecting everything in its wake
! Z' f( s" }3 k9 m/ H% z& w3 r Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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, i" R& ]$ }  |; W+ Q The pebble creates its worth and meaning 8 ]& k0 i9 F9 Z- i" d' V  }5 o
By unleashing its unimagined power?
( n: y: z% H4 G7 o9 ]8 F# j4 T Into a dueling force of action and reaction
) n5 Q9 h4 S4 r; f) t; S Creating karmic energy# j1 c1 V/ L4 m
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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- L1 P, r' }9 S6 p( ]7 P Aren't we all pebbles?4 g  q0 s2 T- A1 k! V4 w& k( P8 i
Feeling small and insignificant: O4 B/ [6 T3 w- Q# ?; i
But ultimately recognizing
8 y2 \. Q, n/ d That who we are meant to be2 B7 q; v8 a. W; L6 `
Can never be measured in isolation
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. u' E) v, D. i2 B5 N; X7 z0 ~ It is true then:
0 _# N, V1 C" y% ]; v Our everlasting future
9 K, W5 N) Z3 q9 @( ]6 | Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles9 l- b7 @- J+ W6 L% K0 B
Into the pond of life7 h; ~1 Z+ Z  g' |3 D* v
Creating ripples 6 @8 E3 J8 o4 A; ~$ {) j5 S2 ?
that leave unique mark on our world + m/ Z: w0 |; i# u5 L, e: h) F
Not because of thoughts , f% p( U  i# @( q9 U+ R( T
not because of well meaning plans7 I: m0 U: f. Q3 f" K1 c/ E) S
But because of actions.
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8 E: t' @' e# Z1 Q7 t* H2 G" h Our life's prayers our answered1 [) r1 l! A7 P/ n, l
Because even the smallest pebble : d* ^$ w* V* ~0 d1 \6 J. [
No matter how seemingly insignificant
2 U; t* X% A7 \9 T. Q4 {) W3 \ Changes the course of the lives
  U3 ~8 I1 Y& b Of those we touch.?
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8 |. y4 O. B9 Z  s# M9 H/ Q And when the icy winds of death
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We will gently leave this life
( g$ Y5 h, N% I7 i With the knowledge that
3 B; l3 W! E4 h because of that one pebble
) x) c% s$ \% k& `6 [6 n The world will never be the same.
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And then we have heaven …
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Ross Rosenberg
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