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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 L! W+ t. W' A; s3 S2 L6 p' I+ `

& ?# D* A/ M1 C0 c  ^% a$ W 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.3 ]2 a  Z/ d6 l3 c" l( y
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Heaven
. g; M$ z) ^% z) |8 L The pebble is worn smooth ( }5 E+ D, ^- P5 `1 s
Made small over time+ ~1 w" d# \& W0 J3 [
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
# ]' K5 v# F, R5 t5 Z9 K A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock4 {' m) `: v, _$ X
An accidental offspring of a boulder 1 M$ \; R4 _/ p2 H" |* x$ p! w# ^1 O
But just a very small stone.
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5 g# q+ G; U5 l  q The pebble's place in our world / o% k9 I* Z. O0 U! _
Is neither understood nor appreciated
* N" z* t2 c+ l& \6 W" W8 u- \" ? But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
! q3 j  H  t  C; U, [8 } Its insignificance is transformed2 X. d" B% A2 W4 v9 s& c! r, G
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.. s" N$ ~' {9 M8 Z. s, P9 e  d- ^
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond
2 n8 g% H' R- E6 t  P+ E, R Its signature of concentric ripples ' m% P/ o% S3 C- k
Spiral outwards # q+ }; C2 w' G- i+ d1 |
Moving far beyond itself.8 E! V* P' \2 u
Gently affecting everything in its wake
( B" d* V: w1 |! {4 F Forever altering the smooth placid surface." d- l9 o$ f7 p$ m5 [0 V0 F/ P
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning
8 e' y; }$ x% H! P, _% A By unleashing its unimagined power?
% l( J! d) M$ }) t Into a dueling force of action and reaction/ l6 O7 V& V( F: l! [! S
Creating karmic energy$ h( R( R7 Q# O1 f/ A3 V7 K
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.  K& p( m. Q) K# M& C
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Aren't we all pebbles?
; [( n  Z. ^8 Y0 X, p Feeling small and insignificant
3 p. e2 P; D  M' e8 A8 J But ultimately recognizing ; }# b7 E+ O5 i
That who we are meant to be* `8 t2 ?* J4 o) `, c
Can never be measured in isolation6 c7 n0 T: D  p' _6 F, K
on a path into ourselves.
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It is true then:
( h! P8 B+ j/ U. |. x Our everlasting future
9 D/ v  ?. _$ H- g  ^) X Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
8 W( T" g" ?& X, s Into the pond of life% v5 R/ r$ L! P  m' r
Creating ripples
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Not because of thoughts
8 d- f0 ?! S$ Q# G! l# L& K* T not because of well meaning plans
% Y7 O: V% Q5 ^: v% l' J But because of actions.
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% _- \* O2 n/ {6 P6 l- ^% ~( ^/ X Our life's prayers our answered3 K) a2 X; s8 {
Because even the smallest pebble 9 D, n9 Q$ C6 v* O
No matter how seemingly insignificant
4 ]" S+ ~; G+ H2 U" d3 n" [ Changes the course of the lives9 V( Y: x( r+ {: T6 o
Of those we touch.? $ o6 J: o- [. a4 ?" j* b
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And when the icy winds of death  {$ t4 M! t; v* v" i! `
beckon our lasting attention) F" I/ ]( {4 E: @8 U
We will gently leave this life ( p2 Q$ V; f, t
With the knowledge that
- O5 |" e$ E/ a" R& V' m because of that one pebble # P2 E/ o6 B% w* R
The world will never be the same.( q  ?8 F* Y. x; F6 T* M% c

7 G4 C* r. m  B* I And then we have heaven …
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( B+ O1 W4 Y- n' p( U; `1 [ Ross Rosenberg
, `' ^2 m3 R; T% l 8/18/03
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