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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. - Q# Y2 j( |; x8 O1 b8 D0 P; X

" W- q) g( d+ g 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.7 _7 F- c1 v0 Z( _3 x" F( E
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Heaven
" q3 ^: B+ `# R& g" E The pebble is worn smooth
% P2 ?) h" \6 t7 C- F3 E Made small over time
/ `5 i2 k4 r' d- M% \0 v) y A product of a cataclysmic force of nature3 ~5 r. _8 v# @! V+ \) \; N
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock' A" F" j; v0 I! z) P  [' q
An accidental offspring of a boulder / R( G/ g- l% t6 S5 w' ]0 ^
But just a very small stone. ' W* P- f; k  B. Q

+ P) A" U& ?; a* K, e8 H2 i& o3 f The pebble's place in our world 6 l1 \6 |6 h& _8 q* n# r2 m
Is neither understood nor appreciated8 |$ v" k. f+ u" C- M
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond : U' H+ z1 l2 R5 |' Z
Its insignificance is transformed8 H- k  u9 W0 }7 S
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.0 V7 a5 n7 E' U2 h" K* m8 }# g

  c+ v  N' g7 J" X+ }' g- | The instant the pebble kisses the pond: R8 W( b) B8 L0 ?
Its signature of concentric ripples
/ e3 a- k- v5 J) T& b' w Spiral outwards
: L5 F& @+ n3 k8 {0 E4 j6 l( l/ h3 O$ ~ Moving far beyond itself.
% A: C$ ~; V6 o5 I& l) h% z Gently affecting everything in its wake
8 m3 W8 Z- h3 {2 s% f5 K/ y4 T" U Forever altering the smooth placid surface.) r' x/ d" Z: ?) n
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning # [" U" N+ r& h/ s2 _; k+ r( x
By unleashing its unimagined power?
1 ^  H/ N( t6 a8 s! S% M/ B Into a dueling force of action and reaction
* k3 V3 o; J7 H! U% l Creating karmic energy  h, `* P4 A9 f5 B4 f/ N
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?- m( M  C, L$ f8 R; v( Y+ W
Feeling small and insignificant6 q8 k0 B& f6 ?6 E# u$ ~
But ultimately recognizing : U; O0 q- D6 m3 y# {% A
That who we are meant to be
3 w: {6 F2 [3 W: } Can never be measured in isolation/ n2 A( {6 I/ m
on a path into ourselves.! O' |+ D. [( `$ b6 H" C
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It is true then:* o; Y( X9 B9 C& C4 V: l7 l" r
Our everlasting future
, \0 F# ~8 d; n; [ Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles# }/ r7 _  l2 v% ^
Into the pond of life
7 m8 o7 P: B& Y& U, K: u Creating ripples / X. A8 U! ^: o
that leave unique mark on our world , p* R) x( ~. H" I% h3 K
Not because of thoughts
4 s/ {0 J  a/ H5 D not because of well meaning plans
# y- m! y( C' n9 l But because of actions.
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1 Z! C4 l/ |2 b- e Our life's prayers our answered
7 e3 U- ?" l# n: p2 t3 D" z" B Because even the smallest pebble ( R* N0 k4 ~5 P9 D
No matter how seemingly insignificant' N) {+ d9 ~7 a7 P: K
Changes the course of the lives
0 p2 z2 \1 V7 l' D Of those we touch.? 8 f$ A7 B0 U0 N, W# R$ X) c$ f* m
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And when the icy winds of death4 C* Q$ B& D+ D* U  b8 V% ~
beckon our lasting attention
- ^; d+ B* q+ O) C/ |! Q$ s' Q1 s We will gently leave this life * r; B2 n% k, q" p+ [& k6 S! t
With the knowledge that
5 d% @  J: }  l: e+ e) B* i because of that one pebble
$ ^) s0 L/ C3 R+ ]6 w/ ` The world will never be the same.
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% ?3 i. A( ]  S! I" X. X* N1 Q  a% o And then we have heaven …1 @. k8 l$ y" I, t  N9 B: B  H

2 r4 c$ m- R7 S/ ] Ross Rosenberg
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