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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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. h, c8 ]0 ?7 F9 N* O$ ]; b 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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The pebble is worn smooth / ]+ O2 F( u [ L: s7 {; g: G
Made small over time: N" H* X9 `2 M2 v) j2 T) d1 q
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
; {1 c& x1 t& `' \( m A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock" t. `4 U, Y/ E' f
An accidental offspring of a boulder
- L7 K" M4 D4 S! W But just a very small stone. * N& z/ L: Z# v+ M- T
# a1 H/ H$ q6 j! @5 l F9 C; H The pebble's place in our world
6 H4 q$ S3 A* V2 b) C Is neither understood nor appreciated! B+ q$ S5 O: P6 p3 @9 k H, Q( f
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond ) L; W" ~4 a6 ?5 I* F- K
Its insignificance is transformed
4 W% @2 t# `2 J0 J Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond. W2 W# |' t4 b: y# B* q; f
Its signature of concentric ripples
3 q+ U Z4 E+ a" ^" W Spiral outwards ; N/ X+ D, _0 Y
Moving far beyond itself.
" S" f# Y4 R5 u Gently affecting everything in its wake
& h, T' }4 q v5 R! U! ^7 H Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning ) e w9 y! D5 z) v. v! M+ p' K
By unleashing its unimagined power?
3 N, F! F: i# X6 R6 X" u Into a dueling force of action and reaction
8 u& N y- F( |" a3 I Creating karmic energy
: a& A- l9 _) ^ Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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6 x h. ?6 {" p Aren't we all pebbles?: U+ z% U& u7 b% ?; g
Feeling small and insignificant$ [$ F1 y3 [7 y+ a
But ultimately recognizing ' G, R3 h7 `% o) q. F, M2 l
That who we are meant to be
7 F8 |- o7 _1 ?1 [6 J Can never be measured in isolation$ r% @2 L- A6 ^2 q
on a path into ourselves.
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) V- I* |$ E, R; G It is true then:
9 \; e0 d8 J8 y" u5 E9 J J Our everlasting future
) U- @6 Y8 \1 R& Z6 p Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles# U9 f4 k; V3 X" x% {
Into the pond of life
) O$ E! {+ g8 j" [# n Creating ripples
N _+ U! m( K7 {$ y that leave unique mark on our world
- {1 Y! K ?6 K$ w. S Not because of thoughts " ~) f+ \4 ~, U% S8 M0 M7 O" L5 ~5 L- O
not because of well meaning plans3 M9 o4 U7 W$ Q4 p* d" r
But because of actions.
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6 [: y+ ]. b5 c8 ~8 P Our life's prayers our answered; [1 U+ @$ {0 E. ]1 d
Because even the smallest pebble
" U% @0 O/ |. s; _ I No matter how seemingly insignificant! J* w' D$ i. O. x* U* I& V+ j' {
Changes the course of the lives( X8 s3 m- P8 t* `$ N( w$ I
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" A9 O* i* h" ] And when the icy winds of death
2 T5 E! ?1 g+ F9 V: W beckon our lasting attention/ ]0 K) [& u3 G8 [1 }+ {% ]
We will gently leave this life
" w1 E% k, v' e, z" H6 W' @ With the knowledge that . L$ v, d/ G2 F$ ^% |0 J
because of that one pebble
- n% ^1 o! x8 ^; V; G0 R The world will never be the same.
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And then we have heaven …; w9 Q3 x' C3 P
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Ross Rosenberg6 K' A% F4 f8 L& P/ ~8 @
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