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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.
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1 x( R9 Y$ J8 Q* q Heaven7 K* G" h$ D. A1 m0 ~* C; \: r5 k
The pebble is worn smooth ( b# C( Y6 S" U: d+ E8 [( E: d
Made small over time& P! E5 ~. L, Q/ r8 H% n2 u) g% _
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature: A0 m5 \0 D( _
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock) U6 z1 u- [. M' Q' _3 \
An accidental offspring of a boulder
' }7 Z9 g" o* p+ c6 k But just a very small stone. $ {6 W) f' Y& u, P; [3 D

3 a3 f" X' l5 U1 } The pebble's place in our world ! \* |/ ?/ d2 W7 K1 S" S5 `- H1 G: N
Is neither understood nor appreciated7 p# H8 n. n/ t1 ^6 w$ R2 ]
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
/ H8 b+ G; O- {, _/ F# T2 q3 T3 W Its insignificance is transformed
: O% V0 n' O7 ]% |% Y Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.4 K* t/ O  I5 t
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond
/ Z! ]2 h8 x6 K0 }0 o Its signature of concentric ripples
) [5 b. |! N  x& h, \2 Z! Y7 F Spiral outwards
" U/ c8 i. g; n  u Moving far beyond itself.# s8 _' K1 l2 h( v* A
Gently affecting everything in its wake4 W  t# v. o# P# ?7 H3 l
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning ! {5 G2 Y/ V: M: }0 q
By unleashing its unimagined power?
$ z" M) T4 @$ ` Into a dueling force of action and reaction
# B) N0 V$ r. P! \* L" L  f Creating karmic energy( i6 j# X  k$ X3 z
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?) L  ~! \# M% G( A
Feeling small and insignificant' x% w  }& V; x, K( N1 A
But ultimately recognizing * Q2 U1 w& Z0 D/ f" r& q: p3 {7 O* f
That who we are meant to be4 @- B  m+ N. w, Y% h# D
Can never be measured in isolation5 J' M8 {$ q8 {$ G6 H/ `
on a path into ourselves.
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$ G& B6 F- |# _! n It is true then:
+ \3 n2 Y* k% ` Our everlasting future
; d: K+ M+ [: i, b0 O% P1 { Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
  n! P+ N$ C; |6 B6 e Into the pond of life
  @/ }1 f, O7 K+ I Creating ripples
4 z- S4 C! D, Q3 d) A  P that leave unique mark on our world 9 l1 @/ ~9 }& d
Not because of thoughts
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: ^& r2 b* ?; K! J But because of actions. ! C- I. m4 C- t5 C: u

: |* m7 z& R' M/ H/ ?) D# u Our life's prayers our answered
9 `0 C* P6 R( I' R) a; q Because even the smallest pebble
, @0 t* t. _4 l+ m# Z No matter how seemingly insignificant
0 H4 H. a8 r1 T( ]& x Changes the course of the lives5 D2 [" R) M3 z. h) {+ i
Of those we touch.? 5 V5 Q! N, t. H1 O+ \

0 w2 k- F& i: s- ~* P And when the icy winds of death
5 a% Y. x8 Y, Z beckon our lasting attention
# {# k$ k+ G% T. v We will gently leave this life ; w/ N' U( {7 p
With the knowledge that " ^; U# S5 e4 S- ]2 M$ o% l
because of that one pebble
) s, }" q2 S0 M The world will never be the same.- Y7 B" g; O. j

# o* Y2 v! H3 n9 Q8 z And then we have heaven …8 c9 K2 k4 F9 C$ ~% a; u
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Ross Rosenberg
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