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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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) y0 f  s6 {) P5 @) m" K; x3 y7 I; j 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 D0 Y2 v: L# O1 i7 T, ?/ A
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Heaven( p. @' l3 r  o# Y
The pebble is worn smooth
( S' Y8 q4 ]0 ]% f; f2 P Made small over time/ E/ u" W! t# I; D: a
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature+ p8 Z9 n8 U$ V8 `) ~* J
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock9 \/ [' {% _. h, L2 a6 ]9 ]
An accidental offspring of a boulder
% E0 w" O- z9 c  D But just a very small stone. / g+ {9 I* t/ w0 R/ E* J2 _5 P
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The pebble's place in our world 0 F) a3 p( T3 f% K: y
Is neither understood nor appreciated, n) o- {0 W7 D: L+ ?& t0 w+ `
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
& |( I* D% F9 s Its insignificance is transformed
* [1 _3 H6 t# v( Z5 U Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.( {6 x1 G* h* e5 R) _3 S( C' A3 `! {6 D

% U  j1 C) J9 u: c, i1 O The instant the pebble kisses the pond
$ t9 x, m: }( B* ^) _+ T Its signature of concentric ripples
; a3 }) V4 P5 I4 {$ I Spiral outwards
& I+ `9 U/ `: B, |" z' w Moving far beyond itself.  j# u" _" z: r4 e2 D3 j0 i$ e
Gently affecting everything in its wake8 p! _8 {* |& ?0 Y3 u7 K
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.# R8 a# b/ G( m- Z. }8 K1 z

* ]6 ?, Q) X9 Y6 \2 Q" j( X: t: K The pebble creates its worth and meaning
  B0 t$ p+ ^  Y, ?$ E By unleashing its unimagined power? 5 T; L6 B' |  l2 c; ]1 y" Z
Into a dueling force of action and reaction, L& V7 M# Z* {) g' c
Creating karmic energy# f# P" Z/ r+ z9 w
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?
) P  I) D4 x' K; ~6 T* K Feeling small and insignificant
$ `8 d6 K0 t8 w+ c But ultimately recognizing
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Can never be measured in isolation! q  w# y  ?9 L& @5 F4 V
on a path into ourselves.
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/ T. Y) z8 S, L* X It is true then:
  l, a, \9 y2 Y  r  k8 h7 ? Our everlasting future 9 P6 x  a; D7 f5 {* D
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles1 D% ^# T9 q6 J9 C( ~
Into the pond of life
9 E, ^8 n+ W; q: F3 I) q Creating ripples
, A) a6 `3 M- ^; t& W that leave unique mark on our world
1 @# g% }9 M$ ^! L Not because of thoughts
4 f* `+ _) n, H0 Q/ L not because of well meaning plans5 V/ _! |& s$ {
But because of actions.
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8 j& v# N* R3 o* D2 X8 F- l2 L. ? Our life's prayers our answered
! `$ I& }9 ^( G  D+ B" ?, E Because even the smallest pebble ) g9 C( Q" s4 E  g# S; ]+ b, {
No matter how seemingly insignificant0 n. [( H* |) s8 w$ s% G
Changes the course of the lives
5 P/ I/ _$ D( j4 e Of those we touch.? . @9 n- |2 T5 ^/ w5 X( N' H' g

4 I( Z5 L1 H+ c And when the icy winds of death
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We will gently leave this life
% C2 t$ ~  \7 E7 w* j! ?: e, y With the knowledge that
1 E" g: X! O& y5 a because of that one pebble
7 T9 R# B5 J! C. z2 B& q The world will never be the same.
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And then we have heaven …+ M/ t2 \" w# c" R  G# \* D) e

% ]1 z" w( b5 r$ S% P9 O% ~0 r8 p Ross Rosenberg
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