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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. & E7 x8 K4 I4 c9 n, i# W8 C2 ]
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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.2 W: O+ R6 K) D. X# h8 H

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* L. q) @8 a+ P' O% p6 K The pebble is worn smooth ! b5 v% e' N1 E2 f- y( l
Made small over time
. g2 ^! \2 r' L A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
6 [0 C0 z7 ^, K3 n A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
; f0 H/ @: L# Y5 h An accidental offspring of a boulder & e4 W  R+ K: f: W. q
But just a very small stone. " M  `& v/ ?9 g) g8 l  h/ c
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The pebble's place in our world
6 S. b. y' Y5 {! h0 I+ ? Is neither understood nor appreciated  v* ~3 ~" Z4 y; g
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
+ C1 _" D2 E$ e$ d* M  H Its insignificance is transformed5 _0 W% {8 C" m5 O7 c4 p
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.% s4 `; E5 N* j% M8 X* r
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond1 ^& j4 p% F  L/ U7 H; l  o, ~
Its signature of concentric ripples ) e0 P0 E' {7 v6 S9 F  `, ~. ~
Spiral outwards
3 ^( E- i. T/ U2 p Moving far beyond itself.: ]* J6 U, F# Z4 `
Gently affecting everything in its wake
' e' ]+ [* ]! Y  D Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning # h, n& I+ O) l7 g0 x" _2 e. z% W
By unleashing its unimagined power?
, v$ n1 [( d% b9 W, V Into a dueling force of action and reaction$ h3 r1 Y' f/ K0 z5 z/ b
Creating karmic energy
9 O  S. i6 F9 e. g7 Q8 Q4 l1 I Producing lasting and fluid impressions.6 o9 w6 i$ v+ H* l

# @  Z% P( a5 {, R  d. ]" ~4 ]4 h. ^1 r Aren't we all pebbles?
% f7 L) n8 T& v  }' j0 C Feeling small and insignificant
/ v- t9 f% I$ k6 r% ^ But ultimately recognizing
1 D3 i3 {- _; k- _; ~0 E" e9 _ That who we are meant to be
6 V% U' [- Q0 T Can never be measured in isolation; X/ O, t8 {, e; [7 F3 U. a
on a path into ourselves.
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, H( `" I; P$ \+ _ It is true then:
/ y/ v' B4 h: ~* F  [( j$ j Our everlasting future # }, I5 E6 N- r
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
' |, p$ L) `7 s4 g3 G Into the pond of life; U; T: d% p) t/ j
Creating ripples . J) r" S8 D* |2 ^* I4 i+ C4 v+ q
that leave unique mark on our world : K/ o) t7 ?2 O: c6 O3 r
Not because of thoughts " r* `3 m1 b6 Q- G% c' }. h2 W+ h
not because of well meaning plans4 n# r) B5 \. N$ f3 O) C
But because of actions.
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) L; `  x5 W& V; j Our life's prayers our answered
  m' y% I2 D( Y7 f! }- f( p Because even the smallest pebble ( h. v; \% D1 Y5 V; w
No matter how seemingly insignificant0 z  ?+ @+ ?' I7 V4 @# S# S
Changes the course of the lives1 @: }9 _, T3 {" E2 U: f9 ?
Of those we touch.?   F0 V  X& j; G$ O! u3 A4 G, w

* V; v" `& ]) S! z* b" } And when the icy winds of death
) Q" j% ], y* Q4 ]7 Z beckon our lasting attention
  X7 K, j1 @' h; G* u6 m2 ^- r  K We will gently leave this life
, n. g- a" ]  I7 `. `5 E8 @5 f With the knowledge that
  X$ d. ]" |( r7 }- m, [& F( k because of that one pebble - {! b8 H. Z% a* s& L
The world will never be the same.0 Q/ n$ |6 k1 t( ^3 l
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And then we have heaven …/ Y7 i; [7 e- p7 M; e7 y
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Ross Rosenberg
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