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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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/ }7 x) X& { p5 X& r4 x 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; c: x. ^, x8 l( S& E
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Heaven
+ I0 ^. L2 ~# n The pebble is worn smooth
! E8 H( o, N9 i9 K4 } Made small over time
! q5 c3 g6 O( a; q: Q A product of a cataclysmic force of nature! j3 N5 `+ _2 t! _
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
0 j" m2 ?: A5 Q! a An accidental offspring of a boulder
! m. p0 J4 P$ `3 o6 C5 W But just a very small stone. / I: o# f% q$ `, m$ X
9 v) D, b- O1 H% l. R The pebble's place in our world # L0 M; O5 x7 {# Q! L) Y+ U
Is neither understood nor appreciated! P% J# d1 T+ \( z9 H" o
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
) m/ ~1 ^5 n8 S* P2 l c# R5 E Its insignificance is transformed" T* X! v6 x' f/ d/ m' F
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.0 k6 w1 o8 U5 d( {% B% i, t6 M
3 T M8 b G% X6 K3 g+ j The instant the pebble kisses the pond
+ }8 ` |) h6 i Its signature of concentric ripples
( t* {6 G7 X* E: E Spiral outwards $ b+ ~, k) h T3 r- L. c
Moving far beyond itself.
5 E' H* E; f- W+ g9 d0 G3 k+ A4 r Gently affecting everything in its wake: q& C3 F3 ], K8 q `
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.: g0 N# D2 T$ x2 J5 x2 \$ W9 P: Q
+ p: d* b# Z1 ~! A& U) M The pebble creates its worth and meaning ! Y; ^1 H1 C6 Z& l+ s
By unleashing its unimagined power?
/ B; Y7 D& Q5 w- D! K% U+ r Into a dueling force of action and reaction% q* W0 h7 h( ?9 Y. A5 V) X1 b
Creating karmic energy2 w2 ]% y9 `* m: |3 S
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.! y d1 D5 `8 S* g8 k
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Aren't we all pebbles?- ~/ }2 O1 q5 M6 u( c" E
Feeling small and insignificant" a8 L( F0 {" ]) U8 S2 i+ C9 c
But ultimately recognizing
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1 [( o. v1 u# ? Can never be measured in isolation+ b. \! s! c- a3 t+ o. a
on a path into ourselves.1 P/ S; Z+ O8 M7 E
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It is true then:: x: o/ ^! ]* J/ L/ x
Our everlasting future 4 }- C7 t4 i( a8 m
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles4 a; I$ u7 s" W/ t
Into the pond of life' { u; U Y! L ^
Creating ripples : H( o3 I7 {1 Q
that leave unique mark on our world
3 U+ M8 Y% f7 d2 ?6 U; [( k Not because of thoughts
8 d4 B, W5 [) k% [) ?0 Y& i9 r1 Y not because of well meaning plans
9 j3 |- s% ~8 D4 }+ ?' P4 ~ But because of actions. " P4 N+ Q4 z: c/ `, H
6 I; R6 Z' ?, b. D+ { Our life's prayers our answered5 c0 r R4 y& s J
Because even the smallest pebble
( w- e' q8 V9 |) r+ k8 p8 h0 Y# t No matter how seemingly insignificant
# G. x9 F9 ]% {* d: l0 n0 A Changes the course of the lives: U- [) B' p- q5 j" h$ y2 T% f: T( O
Of those we touch.?
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And when the icy winds of death0 `: d& k0 N; R7 G& y
beckon our lasting attention4 q. U2 _7 \) _0 k: K
We will gently leave this life 1 |6 ?2 L7 @$ J$ N7 p
With the knowledge that / X$ r6 Z7 _. |( e$ d+ i4 w
because of that one pebble 5 o& n% q8 ~7 F( |: _" y4 |
The world will never be the same.2 A$ Z4 @- B. O, l5 c
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And then we have heaven …. a0 `' C/ y( ^1 j2 \8 F
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Ross Rosenberg- s+ }# R; _1 O9 J3 ^4 w0 ~
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