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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. 7 }1 G, j6 Z. g: w0 {" n
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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./ F! S/ F' M* `  D6 `8 l* k
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Heaven
" x0 C! w' C9 m' B! z0 s: e The pebble is worn smooth 3 r1 m+ v3 Y) j, O' r- D
Made small over time
7 K2 K' B8 c1 Q A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
3 }( @  v, s! u/ ~5 c7 v8 t9 h9 Y A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock$ H+ K, e# o! M4 l
An accidental offspring of a boulder
- y  v) k% J# z2 R  j But just a very small stone.
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The pebble's place in our world
, A2 r! Q  q0 b Is neither understood nor appreciated* k; ~3 H# Q6 p$ E( o8 U6 B
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond 5 @* @& x$ O, A" M- v- R9 a
Its insignificance is transformed
$ Z& T6 S$ Q' J# ~; b6 { Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond3 e9 r  G1 n1 Z3 e9 i2 J2 ?
Its signature of concentric ripples
7 R4 L+ Z5 p0 S9 { Spiral outwards
% i+ C! N% Y6 e0 K; s# f: C Moving far beyond itself.
+ n3 J) C+ K+ k5 ^- o4 H Gently affecting everything in its wake
0 r* |: C  }" H, M; J& f/ i Forever altering the smooth placid surface., n0 D4 g" m5 l

& n( b( M) B/ N3 p" U# x/ M) U5 ` The pebble creates its worth and meaning
+ I" J8 ], P, {  L8 k. l By unleashing its unimagined power?
, S( t! F! \  t Into a dueling force of action and reaction# s, d2 i; C& X0 k; y: \
Creating karmic energy
8 ^) K3 u  @# P: E3 Y8 j2 y Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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5 {" o, P6 H/ u/ w; _7 s: g# v Aren't we all pebbles?
+ {( Y, [+ o! \9 q6 r2 S' I. R Feeling small and insignificant
& ~5 p% L: r8 i" w But ultimately recognizing * a0 p  ]# U# P- ~* m
That who we are meant to be
- b+ `2 h. m  _ Can never be measured in isolation
8 K. A0 X* p; E0 w9 ?# O) n9 d on a path into ourselves.
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It is true then:4 P/ Z! J5 o1 n) V
Our everlasting future $ }- L7 K4 h- R! ~5 D% h$ N! v' Y. p
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles; v2 Y& Q" U$ z2 ^* L
Into the pond of life% W% @" w" T8 b* {  b
Creating ripples
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7 `2 }5 U) v# j% Q* U- v/ S6 ^ Not because of thoughts   Q6 b$ k; ~3 p4 _- j0 t3 F
not because of well meaning plans
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: F- y; g, x; Z! _; u, E Our life's prayers our answered7 q' ?9 q/ V% {1 W. c
Because even the smallest pebble 8 |4 k4 E, ~3 b4 s, ~3 C, u
No matter how seemingly insignificant# B& @& U$ t1 {, a5 E# X
Changes the course of the lives
4 D3 O8 A% z0 a2 B+ ~3 _6 O/ O Of those we touch.? " B2 j/ d5 R, c8 H7 s1 A) I+ \

0 b9 D& D- B) Y- L! W: B; g And when the icy winds of death+ i6 N/ L9 ]  t- R
beckon our lasting attention# ?5 @# {: e7 v/ z9 m
We will gently leave this life
# X* T4 e2 ?& ^5 A8 [ With the knowledge that 4 h, x: G' ^  t7 G& i0 Q
because of that one pebble . Y6 Z' u. _! S
The world will never be the same.4 Y1 @/ `2 V5 F. ~/ J" }, b
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And then we have heaven …  y% R) R; P  F
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Ross Rosenberg
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