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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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5 O+ A0 q+ Y8 I. ^2 W( U6 y 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.
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Heaven! y& S! p5 `" r" {' @" e3 m
The pebble is worn smooth ' q2 D( c% Y) _5 d5 s, b$ U
Made small over time
1 L6 q8 s, J5 V A product of a cataclysmic force of nature, h. U; H8 R$ u6 ?7 l# k0 V
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
7 F7 ]$ a$ q1 v0 C9 g5 h An accidental offspring of a boulder
# @. G1 J# A. X$ f- I7 ` But just a very small stone.
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8 S2 `+ v4 M, c The pebble's place in our world
- l- K4 J- C1 Z+ s Is neither understood nor appreciated  A& Q) L3 G, u# w7 q
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond 6 @( Q6 v# G+ \; f' f0 _
Its insignificance is transformed
& h. h6 \; j& u, A1 G( K: U Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.. Z! O3 d* C! M8 e3 S
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond" w5 Z2 V* m( `. H) W
Its signature of concentric ripples
: m+ P: n% q# C% }; ?/ } Spiral outwards ) A8 }5 f2 N6 U7 h. F
Moving far beyond itself.1 ^6 E$ e0 e( J: j" o
Gently affecting everything in its wake
% q  r; H3 ^4 r0 [5 p2 x% G- v Forever altering the smooth placid surface.+ }3 z, I2 ]9 K' |  H+ U5 o
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning , R% S7 g1 }3 W# Y, {) O
By unleashing its unimagined power?
$ e& k2 A  G% J, e Into a dueling force of action and reaction
& j  j- k: w* z Creating karmic energy) ~* s; D$ c" ?; x
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?
9 T. |, L9 e1 T& g' O  ^  K Feeling small and insignificant& T: V7 {9 ?& {2 ^" H$ D/ y
But ultimately recognizing 3 q( x" {* M- P. C' q5 w2 ^% ^7 r
That who we are meant to be+ ?+ v. A+ G. ^  g* @; B4 e% E; `
Can never be measured in isolation
' n+ I+ K! N3 r" V6 }: ?5 U1 w on a path into ourselves.
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It is true then:7 T) }; _2 x+ S% H
Our everlasting future " q' c+ I; x) n; E5 n' Q
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles& N* |8 \3 m7 C4 G' Z2 c" W, p' P
Into the pond of life
: m: o& a& C2 m Creating ripples - |- z  R% m6 j; R7 V$ b
that leave unique mark on our world - ?9 B7 f4 j0 _( h
Not because of thoughts
6 n2 d9 B/ Z: K& c/ o6 H not because of well meaning plans
0 X1 V! E& R3 p7 s But because of actions. ( @7 G( F, \0 {/ H

: B/ V. k" P) _: S% K Our life's prayers our answered& z$ X1 X; S" ?% R& b/ N& x8 U  \9 w
Because even the smallest pebble & K' U2 B/ i! X; z/ j9 Z
No matter how seemingly insignificant
* F3 u' c2 r/ i! l, Y4 k: @ Changes the course of the lives! y) Q5 F5 M" C4 }! I# r9 c* U
Of those we touch.? & L3 k/ r% ~4 d% r) l
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And when the icy winds of death% X8 {4 k: C) Y$ K# A; h
beckon our lasting attention/ K! y6 Z* _; c# y  q; a
We will gently leave this life   m  P' W, R. d% |
With the knowledge that
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The world will never be the same.
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" K( T! e) t& a' l9 s) i- o! k4 H6 o And then we have heaven …
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Ross Rosenberg
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