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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. 1 I7 L3 t6 K$ \3 P: q- C

& k) H  W9 v: @& A8 f! @4 r1 f' N 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.. D: [/ d- ?& N9 b' o4 w9 N

" T; U4 t4 @2 [1 B Heaven
/ P) Z! [% ~6 M6 _/ G The pebble is worn smooth ) o6 W9 l" Z  R0 Z
Made small over time
+ |" t( |4 j( `6 f* L A product of a cataclysmic force of nature* T* B7 h- |, X! v0 u$ ?, y+ y
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock! i8 B; m% M3 F& V; X9 n5 R
An accidental offspring of a boulder ( C3 t/ y0 H: Q; N6 t; y
But just a very small stone. 9 J6 y& V3 C: ~  V/ @

# v3 P8 T: W7 z7 \ The pebble's place in our world
) x  q- o7 B8 r# X: p Is neither understood nor appreciated. k- `' i8 p& G7 [* c7 k
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
$ t0 Q! y5 ]( @8 { Its insignificance is transformed7 d6 P: C/ b& }* x
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond
! q7 `3 @, L$ g/ ?7 J! {" N' ` Its signature of concentric ripples
5 O- K$ J; j7 I1 E/ [ Spiral outwards
5 p: t, k- i5 @5 K4 c$ @- z Moving far beyond itself.# {; _2 U# p8 M- W" l0 Y! v- q0 O
Gently affecting everything in its wake
/ a3 f) \3 z  f  t6 T: x% T Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning $ X* u: J) M* w* v. U
By unleashing its unimagined power? " U' a. B/ s/ L, k
Into a dueling force of action and reaction' M+ S, I3 Z/ F" h# `0 W  [
Creating karmic energy
* }7 U9 B, ^8 R9 {! X Producing lasting and fluid impressions.1 x5 p. W- W% _6 T' r5 b6 A! ~( {

7 ?% I) x" Z- O- o' I Aren't we all pebbles?/ i7 D8 A; _% Q* j( f
Feeling small and insignificant
' y- Y1 e- F2 O" q7 a/ g But ultimately recognizing ( |9 ]7 j8 u. }) |  V  A
That who we are meant to be
% w' m" E, b0 ?8 E& V' J Can never be measured in isolation" A2 M" M9 P2 C( [% S
on a path into ourselves.
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. w9 R% C% }. m/ ? It is true then:
1 Q  }$ k- T- W& ?) N( R Our everlasting future
; v  D% w- n8 O* N0 D5 z' G Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles$ d! g8 h6 G3 ~: V! X8 ^
Into the pond of life
9 H6 t" \: U/ l Creating ripples
/ g) H4 e/ [2 o2 {) F. k4 j  q that leave unique mark on our world
! `- O% H5 ]& i/ C) r* P; U. ~ Not because of thoughts
! n# g3 i1 h- A* M5 f2 S$ E not because of well meaning plans
) e2 d6 C% d7 l; \ But because of actions. 9 x% `; s+ f$ h1 w. f

: D3 X0 d, s# z- i1 j Our life's prayers our answered
9 U! r1 f! @  c8 P Because even the smallest pebble
  M! s" l, \7 Y' ^9 \/ E+ } No matter how seemingly insignificant
/ q* J: `8 U. h6 B Changes the course of the lives
+ u+ H/ b5 B' t$ _" J2 V Of those we touch.? 3 x6 s2 l! r( b

+ j: n2 f5 h4 a7 R2 O' }% M4 R0 T And when the icy winds of death
7 J0 ~+ D; a% X! p6 L% v2 t beckon our lasting attention
' F2 g4 o- j1 I) i6 L$ v2 k/ H# C& z We will gently leave this life # ^1 k4 F5 ?( S. z1 @
With the knowledge that / A6 i" u0 H2 K5 ?3 G9 l
because of that one pebble 8 T$ A4 M! E8 Q8 Q& Z3 H
The world will never be the same." B$ X$ H) K2 l
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And then we have heaven …* s3 ^+ ^2 t- Y$ V

1 S! j4 m$ V0 d% z* i( G Ross Rosenberg9 ]8 W2 V/ N, u% Z: `
8/18/03
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