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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. 2 X- [7 |5 M0 |9 S: w9 t1 K

  f1 r# j: `; q" { 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.+ [* m3 C3 a5 K0 h$ u6 R/ c: G9 B

# \9 V/ p1 P/ x! I3 h Heaven
, \3 l  z8 H5 e The pebble is worn smooth
/ o  ^; D$ J5 n0 \ Made small over time+ ?7 a6 a( T# n5 ?) ~6 u
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
6 l  A( _$ M) m4 Q7 M A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock5 [8 X% z8 C( N: z
An accidental offspring of a boulder
- `& t( D2 ]( v' V But just a very small stone.
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% |: p( K- |- N& ] The pebble's place in our world
' O1 ]7 y* R1 F  V% q- X Is neither understood nor appreciated
8 A0 d% z  |# w7 N- e0 h5 a But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
& m3 M2 A4 a& g' h7 B0 R/ {8 R Its insignificance is transformed
- T& v+ |; n# h/ \+ O8 ~% n Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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& N) R% A, l- L% }1 p$ C The instant the pebble kisses the pond7 a+ C. F4 y! N9 Z% t
Its signature of concentric ripples
+ S4 W5 I- _* U8 i* ~( u  X' \ Spiral outwards
; X4 }7 X6 k! R, h+ y# ] Moving far beyond itself.$ H9 \% d; Q2 f
Gently affecting everything in its wake
: N% l8 u' J, q8 p, a7 e9 f8 w( ~; z Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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/ E- i9 x) n9 D( G# ^ The pebble creates its worth and meaning ) a- A( n4 c: Q% U& @+ ]7 C8 Q# `
By unleashing its unimagined power?
! Y3 q7 O' d: @ Into a dueling force of action and reaction
" C4 V3 e% D: N  O. Z8 { Creating karmic energy2 H0 N& s% Q) b
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.! |! [# c) k2 B/ m( D
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Aren't we all pebbles?0 @3 E) ~; p6 U) m0 E1 @) x
Feeling small and insignificant
+ R6 ?/ {/ [+ M1 k: N, P# L But ultimately recognizing + [; O! g( F7 T6 Z+ C
That who we are meant to be% Y, A" u" x, g  _
Can never be measured in isolation% g. q7 ^3 a) k" w
on a path into ourselves.7 D' R& _, l- \2 o! f" E+ k6 ~, |
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It is true then:9 I2 q# D, Q8 `! i9 A5 O' J- x
Our everlasting future
0 i9 n" `* C2 c! C( K' Y- M Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles1 i8 @' s) v# Z2 S
Into the pond of life, Q7 z$ b3 U/ U6 E6 K
Creating ripples
3 R& J' ]# u$ V  q0 k that leave unique mark on our world
! R7 P6 N5 _' Z/ c$ ^1 Y/ b0 Z+ K Not because of thoughts 2 t9 A0 r  Y( V' p
not because of well meaning plans
& O6 \: B6 ]' R  Z9 }" M4 I But because of actions.
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9 L# O7 i; r4 G1 |* `7 v3 u- D Our life's prayers our answered. x) m9 B8 Q) o7 v1 ]. z) k7 u
Because even the smallest pebble ) [8 \* W6 H/ V: O  P& |# I
No matter how seemingly insignificant7 i5 d0 N8 ^6 [- Q
Changes the course of the lives
+ D: k. K( z: C! a- F+ A Of those we touch.?
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And when the icy winds of death, k4 l3 H* ^: V, W
beckon our lasting attention6 p+ m* j8 u( b& o& N  `7 R
We will gently leave this life
: Z% Z) c3 a5 ? With the knowledge that & \: f, p) u5 H2 q- c* F7 B
because of that one pebble
, l  E) e# b* `( t7 r/ N The world will never be the same.3 t- o+ Y/ F( X
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And then we have heaven …- N; Q* C2 ~1 U
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Ross Rosenberg, T/ S& d4 W! }
8/18/03
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