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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. , I1 \' v9 Q; ]" z' r5 y! Y

2 e( D' w" f+ Z; W3 U; h1 I6 S+ H 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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Heaven
* P, ]. S' ~9 p& z/ _0 I1 k The pebble is worn smooth 1 P" w4 Z& A  y0 Y! t
Made small over time7 {; z) ~) ~' v8 L
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature- w* [5 z# V+ d" y$ ?- U
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock7 M% l, ]4 Y' E6 {9 F4 Q4 o, _
An accidental offspring of a boulder
* a- V) H  y& G+ x But just a very small stone.
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The pebble's place in our world # h, P: _* M% [% l& E0 I  V
Is neither understood nor appreciated
: f1 A; w7 G' |) K6 Z, ]) \ But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
7 C6 M+ X; }' n! y+ d Its insignificance is transformed
7 m1 _( O. l! K/ ~1 N4 G; L/ S, q0 E' A Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond
  b  ]9 K- }$ M# f Its signature of concentric ripples
6 [: w! T; K+ X9 v0 |" [# M Spiral outwards / @* p$ G: G  T" t+ ^4 E) l
Moving far beyond itself.- g5 m: v* m) }  o% A: g
Gently affecting everything in its wake% N/ {$ L3 s! l9 M. _  J
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.. E& x$ A2 w+ U# P+ b+ ?- e0 _

+ z; ]9 B  [- l# i8 z9 V6 L The pebble creates its worth and meaning 3 o) U2 n; \% L' P8 Z
By unleashing its unimagined power?
; c3 V* `: T  s- J/ w, j Into a dueling force of action and reaction. X, Q) {4 L6 M4 [" t
Creating karmic energy
; l$ t3 D6 O1 r# u" w5 s Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?  B- a$ X( v- V* w! g! ]: [
Feeling small and insignificant3 C) a; R# N% e( ?) y
But ultimately recognizing
/ X# ?; y. ^! b9 b% s/ K0 T% k- {& ~ That who we are meant to be- ]( d# ]2 N5 e4 t+ O
Can never be measured in isolation( I* J- }; M$ r; T) G. m0 K
on a path into ourselves.; x8 x, X  q! X" P" Q. v
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It is true then:
, d. ~+ f* H, ^) N4 w/ ` Our everlasting future 6 |8 c: C3 K1 ~1 g3 t
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
4 f# F0 e2 U# b8 L0 I/ C Into the pond of life' t8 L4 Q# j  q* ^
Creating ripples % {, z/ m8 t/ E  e$ \* _
that leave unique mark on our world # M* f8 ^. r5 a. _# i! Z
Not because of thoughts , x9 ?- K4 o6 u, x3 F
not because of well meaning plans
/ W. b( B2 a7 U& h; H& ^. ~7 \& }0 { But because of actions. # E( G7 }- ]+ G, r' I, i4 M$ j

; h4 U3 g  t5 |1 @. }2 N. ]9 } Our life's prayers our answered- H4 X8 U. h# ~2 |$ d, \1 S
Because even the smallest pebble
7 c' j2 ^7 H3 C" N8 l0 m( i No matter how seemingly insignificant
2 Z3 _' n& s) S' ]5 f Changes the course of the lives- E/ U6 y" }8 o. y' I/ x' c
Of those we touch.? ' {9 g8 L0 A  D  N3 J5 C$ p  V
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And when the icy winds of death, s$ o1 e, f0 I& r* o+ _8 A
beckon our lasting attention  d9 Y  U7 j4 m  {# d& J7 W% p3 V
We will gently leave this life
; `6 z; M0 \5 H With the knowledge that , I9 L$ P: G2 {6 R3 W$ e
because of that one pebble 2 S% I9 W/ i' o. i( t5 R1 r% S/ ?
The world will never be the same.9 c0 c8 j; N- l  d
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And then we have heaven …! v/ ~! E  S6 Q) q: j7 N

3 E$ T; c4 L- q& B! [ Ross Rosenberg4 P  M. O- r) [2 F) o4 r8 B6 x
8/18/03
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