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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. * u9 I; ^9 P' O! ~
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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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Heaven7 l) n+ D/ d. r4 ?
The pebble is worn smooth % o0 H5 I! A0 S9 I1 Z/ p/ j
Made small over time
8 p9 P9 S. R9 B A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
- f: k( Q' v8 k# n+ U$ ^+ F A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
$ I! u0 ?3 b0 M2 E0 p& u/ _9 X An accidental offspring of a boulder 0 n9 ~ s2 n9 y
But just a very small stone. 5 i& L$ P0 B, B' d; e1 D
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The pebble's place in our world
6 p: D1 M& y/ v5 R; l Is neither understood nor appreciated/ ~6 Q8 e% {: ?" s* \9 S$ P
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
; X' c0 I0 ]! i8 D1 `; N Its insignificance is transformed
& D- Z* p$ c$ O+ T$ Z9 k Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond& V5 J# |7 t8 y
Its signature of concentric ripples ) h/ e0 M" T2 j; O, T
Spiral outwards ( P/ E% x8 {6 q* V: |' @
Moving far beyond itself.4 j" l: f: w! {: A7 [0 c
Gently affecting everything in its wake: M- M% B2 R& e$ \
Forever altering the smooth placid surface. O$ \/ D c- b* K4 l* p
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning # C$ J, {# h! b, Q4 x
By unleashing its unimagined power? " P& x" L s7 P- j
Into a dueling force of action and reaction
9 S$ D- i% x7 e+ k1 N+ s Creating karmic energy
]1 J* x+ ~- p& X5 |& p Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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: `- ]1 q3 I+ V0 q8 e Aren't we all pebbles?% O& ]1 O& e* O' m" f
Feeling small and insignificant2 k) e7 |, O# ?0 p2 y+ j' Z" J
But ultimately recognizing 7 F2 A. g4 J5 z
That who we are meant to be! L, }. e" |0 D4 Y4 ]6 Y- J: y
Can never be measured in isolation, @* ] O3 P. p" K% V
on a path into ourselves.( G9 S2 |7 C/ U
& a! j' Q' E6 i1 `8 I, j4 n7 { It is true then:5 i) D6 }' E8 A: M% v
Our everlasting future 4 p# G8 C2 E$ Q# ^( F
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
0 _; U' b, G. P8 H6 q" H8 G/ C Into the pond of life( @$ S- h1 Y0 @% d0 @/ ?
Creating ripples 1 n! u( f; ^ G7 E
that leave unique mark on our world
& x5 Z0 o4 a% h5 G; v5 ` Not because of thoughts
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But because of actions. v# O+ z9 \" T
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Our life's prayers our answered
+ q- D8 W4 [/ }0 E, ^ Because even the smallest pebble , _ Z! z) h( j3 x: ~( e. p
No matter how seemingly insignificant
- j. z0 Q6 d/ S. C1 \2 w Changes the course of the lives' J- l5 F, t$ w& H* h7 _
Of those we touch.? ! j$ N5 ?+ ?; {* U( R7 Q3 M% L
7 g I* k2 X% A" h+ f And when the icy winds of death
3 \! N% x% J9 _6 {) y; F2 i beckon our lasting attention
( Y: Y3 R ~7 Q _4 N6 ~- e We will gently leave this life 0 j" B- x9 S# E. q+ H( ~8 `
With the knowledge that 5 [9 F. Z/ i5 x% o
because of that one pebble
! O( P d% d V8 K The world will never be the same. Y" N* g2 X! Q' D
5 f$ w: e0 u! G) j* ? And then we have heaven …6 @- j1 t8 Q6 [' k* o) d% l
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Ross Rosenberg9 A1 ?# _% a7 d
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