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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. " W% v: A" ^. g/ y$ @* q9 l) Z; Q

; @5 z# E" K  r! Y8 v2 D 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.$ b# b) d( x% o4 R

8 X0 K" K# G6 ^! e. { Heaven, _6 m: o% e) L" }$ Z) ?" J
The pebble is worn smooth
9 W2 \5 O4 l4 x/ K/ r' B Made small over time4 ^  O8 C3 K$ D$ c* m: ]
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
2 Y- \, Q9 \3 q$ N2 v A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock' N. G) a* J# G2 {! F
An accidental offspring of a boulder
" i+ O4 m% P3 i' q1 q6 v( M5 ^- Z# c) F But just a very small stone. 4 X9 p# h# S8 f+ n* q

. R, e* T: H* {: V# r' b The pebble's place in our world   L* z3 t" x/ n
Is neither understood nor appreciated
+ y& e5 O- X& l But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
7 H$ f9 e0 S) p" q7 c4 A Its insignificance is transformed
+ o4 l, Y7 f  ]* r4 Z/ @ Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.% F$ q: V7 U3 w8 v) T5 s* T' H% p
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond0 w6 [+ D% G6 e6 E- O) p
Its signature of concentric ripples 5 z; @% j* w  Q+ b* e, q1 Q' T
Spiral outwards
+ [7 T% U$ y& o% C+ V7 x Moving far beyond itself.- p$ m3 ]7 W0 `
Gently affecting everything in its wake$ |- c; T. O0 I1 [( R
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning
; i% q# y2 B$ g0 \! p2 E& |/ _ By unleashing its unimagined power? * e+ A' @: W1 O
Into a dueling force of action and reaction
/ P/ Z6 ?9 c5 j4 G; E/ b Creating karmic energy9 l! M, B7 e" Q9 c$ A6 }: H: t  [" P$ r
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?
& u% p+ ^9 [0 O Feeling small and insignificant
3 p' {5 k; [3 u$ O, {4 W* | But ultimately recognizing
9 t6 J% j& ?; d; x9 o) X8 ] That who we are meant to be
6 N  N8 |: d, |" b3 X Can never be measured in isolation
5 a  {% q; q' r0 ?: r- k& U. g on a path into ourselves." U/ Q  j5 u2 Q) ?. q. I
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It is true then:$ t- i9 N! o9 T! W
Our everlasting future 5 e4 u; ^4 R5 b
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
! R$ Q' _5 k8 E( J Into the pond of life% w' v8 ]) y: L; Y  I
Creating ripples
. l: q' u$ w( x% z' [  g that leave unique mark on our world * d: c9 ^( q/ i# O+ a/ d$ Z
Not because of thoughts ) @5 a* _" Y: O& r$ F/ S& a
not because of well meaning plans
) _6 O% v& B, v9 r But because of actions. 3 x0 v* \# W5 w; R* u
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Our life's prayers our answered
7 Q' E+ `8 r9 i Because even the smallest pebble
0 P; h. c, ]* e. F) q No matter how seemingly insignificant
7 t' y( t) [- F* ]) E$ ~' ?+ Q$ G0 @ Changes the course of the lives
7 T0 J6 H3 ^1 z& A Of those we touch.? & r0 E: r# K; Y$ F% s0 y2 w

) ]' a2 y3 G- s# \+ [+ y6 b And when the icy winds of death
1 A. c4 ~* _" h% r4 _4 `# b beckon our lasting attention. B4 P4 {' U1 n, N' ~
We will gently leave this life , c! M8 B* u1 D
With the knowledge that
+ S+ j& s- X0 R. [ because of that one pebble
: G7 v" K3 s3 \4 l! E: y) y, C  } The world will never be the same.
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4 ?1 o7 _. x: N# e And then we have heaven …* ^: y9 G4 k- [8 R

' g7 \3 Q7 n2 P! w9 ~" Y Ross Rosenberg" c2 C: g0 ?  o! \
8/18/03
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