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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. , H1 \5 [2 I: e% _" I
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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.+ z- u C8 H( Q# @" z# m
& F: K8 w3 K8 a5 f Heaven
( n6 z& O3 h! Q8 z The pebble is worn smooth
% I& p+ m6 }; Q2 e Made small over time e8 g8 v6 W1 d4 q
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature1 p1 q7 {3 i! u/ E! n+ U5 @+ K
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
" N1 D$ d4 X/ \ An accidental offspring of a boulder
& o& a+ G: q; j$ Z! m) I9 q4 | But just a very small stone.
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The pebble's place in our world 9 Y' k4 Q! U1 ?% L2 G6 @ x
Is neither understood nor appreciated. I, _6 T! w& w4 o/ ^6 a
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond ( R5 F1 F* g2 X. D6 x
Its insignificance is transformed# [7 B7 w; y* X, B: [
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.- ^: l3 z* P* P. i$ N K
) S* R8 o5 E- l( q+ } The instant the pebble kisses the pond
& r# T; ^% y) o9 o Its signature of concentric ripples 0 b# Y4 y1 a1 y
Spiral outwards , ]2 Y* g2 @4 N# Y( c
Moving far beyond itself.6 v; f `+ E# F
Gently affecting everything in its wake6 m+ ^& N+ r8 \0 H- J
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning & `/ }& k* ^8 M' F: K/ B# F: C
By unleashing its unimagined power? - d; X$ Y$ e% s9 p+ u$ @+ t- t- U
Into a dueling force of action and reaction0 F+ n/ Q; g3 c# e' |5 N/ n
Creating karmic energy7 u! w; |1 ^; W( ?3 n
Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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7 _% q! L z3 ]1 ^) @ Aren't we all pebbles? n8 i0 v! j3 _) @# ^
Feeling small and insignificant7 m: p- T/ x* A
But ultimately recognizing
. X/ ]! F" S6 p3 q0 g! o* v# b3 g That who we are meant to be) d5 V- g1 q' g
Can never be measured in isolation
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It is true then:
- @9 K( m. a# ~: w Our everlasting future
* T' ^, W5 s y( i- o Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles% d# A, G G# r3 v/ w8 H' n2 O0 t
Into the pond of life4 @0 {. A' S2 e# E5 O2 M
Creating ripples
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- N" O9 `* N& q% c Not because of thoughts
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But because of actions. ( M) ]- k. m; Y9 V5 u
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Our life's prayers our answered
* I, O, P; `5 D5 N Because even the smallest pebble ) J' z* I% i3 N, v
No matter how seemingly insignificant
" e' Y' k: ~- ]/ O Changes the course of the lives
5 S8 {- B+ L* `7 o% Q7 t z Of those we touch.?
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9 Y" ^( e w4 |5 u And when the icy winds of death
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We will gently leave this life
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because of that one pebble / V7 c, k( C2 @) G @$ S1 i# E
The world will never be the same.
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And then we have heaven …+ c2 a7 C" J4 } j0 Q( l
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Ross Rosenberg. L2 a3 U- i, f+ a
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