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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. 5 S( p' Z" B) Q5 U/ A$ W" f

) C+ X. O" @6 _ 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.- s9 w8 n4 t$ N# ?
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Heaven1 I6 U; L1 v" b3 ]' T. q
The pebble is worn smooth   L* W4 u) y/ H! n/ ^
Made small over time/ ]4 o& m  p  Z  K% a
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature! }, j# I! C7 q6 n6 d3 c
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock- h) G+ E2 l/ z5 Z8 k
An accidental offspring of a boulder / H" N( `; ]: g# @3 v" L' T8 j
But just a very small stone. 7 m* _4 }* O- z3 {) E  s: q; m6 j
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The pebble's place in our world
  `) s3 R$ I% ?" R  J Is neither understood nor appreciated
( O: L9 v, ^1 I% K But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
7 y4 S: a$ Y/ w' c( W Its insignificance is transformed
( ?; ?/ R0 B( P) {$ E Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.9 f+ H# l/ S8 p3 M" `. @; w2 \

; s/ ~: q( {9 J, q8 M/ ` The instant the pebble kisses the pond
- X1 P3 {' b7 \1 o' L0 l- [ Its signature of concentric ripples % T( e1 R4 h% Y2 _
Spiral outwards
9 k/ G$ D; Z$ i; o2 Y Moving far beyond itself.
: |0 r! G* i9 Z+ \9 A/ E Gently affecting everything in its wake
1 h0 o4 x1 O8 S+ N- u% g: n5 Q Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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1 M3 |4 C8 {/ K. |9 ~+ n" s The pebble creates its worth and meaning ! ~( t% ]1 ?" y7 X* {0 A( c
By unleashing its unimagined power? , N0 t) h/ c4 ?
Into a dueling force of action and reaction8 u% r( x. @& ^
Creating karmic energy& N% r4 p4 {- z6 [' }% C4 ^
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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8 A5 k$ V9 b, t2 Y Aren't we all pebbles?
2 q1 Y: j: `# {0 E& C1 t Feeling small and insignificant2 o4 J/ U, Z3 X+ n% `
But ultimately recognizing 5 y/ f+ P' m9 l4 H6 @4 I- w
That who we are meant to be8 e4 I) U8 b9 b8 z
Can never be measured in isolation
- h3 C, c- o/ q. N5 R on a path into ourselves.% i" X6 ]& r) R% ~' K# P! {  P

$ M9 i$ O$ }6 q3 c- G It is true then:+ v+ U- ]( g' {9 ^
Our everlasting future # [( \3 T/ s, |
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
& x% q2 v& l3 m2 Y8 ~% l- N: o Into the pond of life
& H( V) H" V  Y, H6 {' ]# `" J Creating ripples
5 _% x, y  i: x3 V that leave unique mark on our world ' M5 r/ b9 H0 c
Not because of thoughts
, F5 m) R1 r5 ^5 n  r) ]1 o/ I not because of well meaning plans$ m# \0 _# ?" o
But because of actions. / x% \- H6 v9 L. t9 p9 I" a4 w
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Our life's prayers our answered8 I6 G/ N& p, M& @
Because even the smallest pebble 7 s7 a8 O2 [6 C  L
No matter how seemingly insignificant
6 I* X7 p! X6 }1 T1 c; k Changes the course of the lives) |& ]) G$ o/ ^, i2 U
Of those we touch.? 5 C4 u& _6 D5 D; u; J
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And when the icy winds of death
: |! f: g; L' ~' F beckon our lasting attention
, w. Z) k/ U# `. r- L' Z We will gently leave this life ; \# u; v/ |. \' X: [4 E% i
With the knowledge that
1 r/ Z8 E% E) i# s because of that one pebble " [  x5 V( w: U, V7 J4 R! L; _
The world will never be the same.
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And then we have heaven …
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. }( S; f& T' _+ z! I- @% A Ross Rosenberg
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