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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. - ~& X7 n2 o& W

* H" ?( y5 j5 s0 d. ?+ 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.
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Heaven
! n/ i/ n# ~, e3 f The pebble is worn smooth
  D  S9 J; w# _' F/ N, y4 n' k7 h( i Made small over time- R& Q( u/ c9 B" p0 b+ u0 o4 n
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature% h  f. b) O9 @8 v, P3 |, `3 p$ o
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
! f0 g4 b" j" c; s An accidental offspring of a boulder / _& M$ A9 p3 W$ s
But just a very small stone.
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The pebble's place in our world
) k& D- y3 q) m1 z Is neither understood nor appreciated+ F# m  @4 Q. M2 V0 a
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond 5 Y3 s; ]; |: F! H
Its insignificance is transformed3 M2 G8 T$ L+ z( Q+ U  W
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.- B. M$ T) S+ m1 S
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond
3 O  b, h$ C% c9 u$ d3 v Its signature of concentric ripples 5 |: p) \# a, b
Spiral outwards * ?1 p: u# x6 i4 j% t
Moving far beyond itself.
7 t) N2 m) ?! s: [ Gently affecting everything in its wake
& v% E  S: a( Q' Q8 P7 Y& D Forever altering the smooth placid surface.2 M/ h4 T5 E& t) s

5 R# h/ X8 q1 A" { The pebble creates its worth and meaning : h# x( D/ Q. \4 v
By unleashing its unimagined power?
8 O* B! ~7 r& F" K( H! K4 F Into a dueling force of action and reaction6 o- Y7 R; V! B; G8 N$ g+ R
Creating karmic energy
2 J7 j. @& y  g3 H# k Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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; m# E! O( g& M+ O% j Aren't we all pebbles?. e4 }3 Z7 W0 I) `) _( T* R& v
Feeling small and insignificant6 z) ?2 x! e( p3 S. y1 p) e
But ultimately recognizing
! P( P5 d+ k7 y That who we are meant to be$ S- Z0 A* m+ l& w0 z* X0 G& w* ]
Can never be measured in isolation
  P& H5 F% L9 R$ u on a path into ourselves.# c, h# L7 c, i- S* P
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It is true then:
/ l! z- |. o- a4 b0 _+ ^ Our everlasting future . L! X4 i9 {9 `% ~/ U: E2 X
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles9 I8 [$ R+ b* z; g" g6 g/ y* R, W0 L
Into the pond of life% K  ~% K" r- B7 V8 q! u
Creating ripples
2 P6 r" |* `* d8 w that leave unique mark on our world 5 I9 k8 w* R, a& p. f+ d3 l
Not because of thoughts / ~7 U, ~8 z. P% q% O( d1 ~
not because of well meaning plans( Y) U- @2 V0 R6 W, e2 u
But because of actions. - \  |6 Q& e0 N- r2 \4 O4 r! \, K
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Our life's prayers our answered: u7 ]! b% l7 V! U5 v4 I
Because even the smallest pebble
6 p- i- M7 @% m4 b$ S No matter how seemingly insignificant
! W- E3 O+ |0 j& T" ^) @ Changes the course of the lives* h# Z& r1 g/ I; x: ~+ i+ q
Of those we touch.?
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/ J! V7 O3 j1 ?8 E5 `: W And when the icy winds of death
* y( `- C3 }) C  u7 N beckon our lasting attention
9 c# k4 _+ Q# W' @8 k9 r& Z We will gently leave this life 0 N; n8 F2 i$ B& I* `
With the knowledge that : Y# L9 r3 p1 ]5 h% J7 @5 f' j
because of that one pebble 3 ^9 Z  k8 N' A( p& X4 y2 R, b
The world will never be the same.  `1 s, c+ v; r+ |

3 Y" i& B# U5 G5 W& j And then we have heaven …. a) v* n- f& Z9 m1 b/ f

' Q1 k- B( A! L  _# c* H/ \ Ross Rosenberg8 t( P2 d& i6 M' Z, e# R4 K2 `' H
8/18/03
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