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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. . |* {1 E# a$ y6 b' L9 g$ F
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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.; @2 S0 J' i1 M
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Heaven
! O$ f0 {7 G* ~* F, P0 Z8 A6 | The pebble is worn smooth
+ g7 |! p6 e  `' p0 S* P; ? Made small over time* J- G% E6 L0 F: j2 C. u% J& A5 o
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature/ }; E3 ?" T" z- v7 p& A8 D1 s
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
7 J( Y" J- n2 ^ An accidental offspring of a boulder ( p# Q% f) a. S
But just a very small stone. 9 f4 \/ t* b$ t& p$ s, U+ p

) I% F' G5 j7 u3 v# o/ C' U The pebble's place in our world
, K! _/ M. z" D! x3 l7 ?- I Is neither understood nor appreciated2 y! B# M2 U& U5 P
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
, K8 v4 F& {. B% T" l: H% p, [ Its insignificance is transformed
- `2 M1 Q9 \- p, v! t- x* R4 a0 q Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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! A8 A3 g2 K  V( ^! k8 U+ e The instant the pebble kisses the pond- R; y  y% i$ E  ]' x9 g
Its signature of concentric ripples 1 v! H+ Q1 }( ?& \. k3 {
Spiral outwards
( x; m+ @' D8 J Moving far beyond itself.  g) O1 K/ l( N! [
Gently affecting everything in its wake
5 Q+ z/ m. \6 z" C# Q  r1 Y Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning 6 k' T( L0 R4 }" u
By unleashing its unimagined power? $ V( x6 r/ |. L9 S( S3 d+ m1 n9 Y$ V
Into a dueling force of action and reaction2 G3 s8 P% O9 e  \
Creating karmic energy5 T, {% p  T: R) t; ]% Y* {
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.5 d4 P$ M+ i. t5 Q/ A& f
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Aren't we all pebbles?* n$ z$ s: S- \- Y; f$ H- T5 S& w
Feeling small and insignificant
8 M3 W6 \6 R# O" D+ A2 E" P But ultimately recognizing ; R6 n" N. ^! E& N1 ^
That who we are meant to be% N  \7 {  n# L1 O* |
Can never be measured in isolation
) U( d& x$ ?1 k, ~ on a path into ourselves.
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It is true then:( j  b* x. B( g9 j# M! X# v! d1 r
Our everlasting future ( ^1 c2 a4 |0 D, [4 P1 k  \# \
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
  H  i! \" [5 C$ R- h5 l" s9 b5 ~ Into the pond of life4 k  ^6 r& K: N  R) |% m3 r; B
Creating ripples 4 E# }1 L. g# Z! j8 i8 a: y
that leave unique mark on our world
: x9 W9 `2 `6 A% `( _, O Not because of thoughts
# e$ i  W! B; D: } not because of well meaning plans
, I8 O& b2 I6 k+ K But because of actions.
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/ t' T7 C/ [* F, ^  X$ R! o Our life's prayers our answered
* n/ L, W. t: c Because even the smallest pebble # i" v3 Q- @4 Y, X9 q5 A8 X7 f
No matter how seemingly insignificant  _1 d( n+ j( [4 o
Changes the course of the lives+ }/ G. r/ S' ?1 W
Of those we touch.?
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' q3 V( C" L. l" G3 J5 J3 Z, P% z1 w And when the icy winds of death
4 A3 i% {1 L. n+ D5 u6 q beckon our lasting attention# B: x( Q8 ]3 _( K$ ^# V
We will gently leave this life 8 g9 K  w! j9 r$ D* M; A! S
With the knowledge that
1 @9 U- }& @. S; F9 O0 f3 H; w5 j$ Z because of that one pebble
5 ]6 B1 z( j4 d. t' ~- t4 v The world will never be the same.3 N7 w( x0 H1 v  W) n% ^3 c0 a

2 \4 o: H2 J$ g9 p* V( s; d3 h And then we have heaven …
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0 h- }0 j  Y& }+ u+ A Ross Rosenberg5 {) [, k2 V+ f$ @+ P
8/18/03
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