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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. 8 F+ H- l. G  }; S% N/ p
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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.+ j! G* l- u, p5 U' u' w
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Heaven: B) g! S1 c3 }' X3 E
The pebble is worn smooth
4 q5 X' V$ s2 _- q Made small over time6 x( h8 H) `% x$ O6 i
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature: r8 n* C0 C, v
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
8 o6 x  G" I0 F; {6 { An accidental offspring of a boulder # ]" r1 G* t2 {9 S
But just a very small stone.
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The pebble's place in our world
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But when thrown into a glassy calm pond 5 i9 r* f/ u1 p4 y3 p. z7 m, P! [
Its insignificance is transformed! I0 j+ M' U2 L1 z4 n* a: H2 B
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.) f- O* V( T& R; \- Z
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond
# w; P. J% I2 j/ i1 K3 N) B Its signature of concentric ripples
* W: u( [6 D. r2 O2 z Spiral outwards
4 Z6 m7 p# I# P& `. a Moving far beyond itself.% z; S, Z( N; K+ T; i; ~
Gently affecting everything in its wake* ^+ K0 l% t, E
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.5 m3 a; n+ Z  C% m; T

6 o/ }+ q7 U5 }: W" t1 V; \2 V The pebble creates its worth and meaning
- c9 Z: G6 p% }' N' f: g2 A9 ]! F7 @/ L By unleashing its unimagined power? , b# Z7 X  ~0 F7 N2 i4 N
Into a dueling force of action and reaction, P3 t+ I) j8 n! S4 U; U' ?! G3 \
Creating karmic energy) i& C. R' ?* V  V; r/ a
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?
/ O+ q/ ~. Z! V+ M# u, g$ i Feeling small and insignificant4 S( R8 p2 e3 Z$ U  M. w4 G  t
But ultimately recognizing & ]: n9 Y  R$ D. @# H, U7 V5 {' F
That who we are meant to be
( U' d4 {4 P/ \5 K+ L Can never be measured in isolation
: S4 ?+ F7 D1 ]6 r# e* k on a path into ourselves.
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It is true then:$ x3 U* z6 N* S4 a! ?$ S
Our everlasting future
3 M9 z# [* x; {% n: [. A6 t6 C Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles$ F  o" b, J' x9 z0 c! ?! y9 S& Z
Into the pond of life7 i) A3 D8 e. t' x
Creating ripples 1 C; `& u9 O5 c; w) T9 s
that leave unique mark on our world ( Y# r$ h- q2 {" `: y$ C, X
Not because of thoughts & y0 _( K/ H' f! ?  U- c# B: ]$ S) Z
not because of well meaning plans
! n) _4 U) R1 t" j' P But because of actions. 6 B* s* w5 ?' n  p1 y: U

7 l+ Z9 S2 ?. Z  x4 V. V+ _+ ^ Our life's prayers our answered
0 q8 [7 X6 C7 d  m; D  V  O7 o2 p Because even the smallest pebble
& B% U/ U) n$ V- U! B3 {; t No matter how seemingly insignificant& g8 \1 j' g5 K% {4 _& l
Changes the course of the lives2 B! }% S- H8 c% I1 n& y: X
Of those we touch.? 4 U7 k4 t3 r+ O; t! `  i
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And when the icy winds of death
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We will gently leave this life
( B3 }7 m5 x) I With the knowledge that . `" Z9 \  z6 g( n3 T/ ]# R
because of that one pebble
# ]. H% x, Z% M5 J The world will never be the same.- R+ z" K! v3 c
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And then we have heaven …* d* n# u- S- u3 C( N

/ k. F( l6 L  [8 r! H Ross Rosenberg
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