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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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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.% k2 m1 q6 [! |- E8 j8 Y
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Heaven K( q8 a& ]$ C
The pebble is worn smooth
: }3 h4 K. R; c" j) I, P' D0 F5 W( |0 d Made small over time
/ e$ `! ~/ }2 s) Z A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
7 V! R5 j/ ~/ v* {/ x5 Y' r A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock6 D# O" i$ k8 p% T
An accidental offspring of a boulder # I! m: v5 |" o
But just a very small stone.
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: z: W, Q' d+ x( I; F% _: N) U The pebble's place in our world " B h0 {3 S2 Z; T- m
Is neither understood nor appreciated2 M4 n/ ~& U/ e" `0 v
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
( [6 U, Y3 f$ c7 q9 H Its insignificance is transformed8 b9 s, I9 n1 X% l
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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0 p2 l% K2 c, K9 s' D, \ The instant the pebble kisses the pond8 y) I* s# j. Z
Its signature of concentric ripples
6 d& w# C% W9 ^+ c0 J9 r Spiral outwards , ]/ t- Z+ z& D2 D: R9 |
Moving far beyond itself.( m; R. E$ |* b
Gently affecting everything in its wake" d* @3 }" R+ n+ {$ e5 z. a
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.3 u: M: u3 ^5 E; o A, L
, j/ O0 M% v* x$ [ The pebble creates its worth and meaning
$ e" z% ~" T" m0 c v5 J! N% y By unleashing its unimagined power?
! e2 w2 p& P5 U' l Into a dueling force of action and reaction
* K6 k2 C; `/ D Creating karmic energy
5 S0 Z0 j% H3 y# U6 g( K) w | Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?
6 R+ T! I7 {& R4 E7 A0 M Feeling small and insignificant3 K; P. D5 C7 ?$ ^ a! E$ {
But ultimately recognizing
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Can never be measured in isolation. _) g K! R* n5 i/ ]
on a path into ourselves./ h4 i) P# a+ I9 |. M8 N1 R
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It is true then:/ l+ M7 e! |. W0 q/ i* ^% V! O
Our everlasting future
6 M+ I: O0 o: W" l W Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
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Creating ripples
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+ [5 |' _2 k( m; _/ T- H Not because of thoughts 9 u6 }: R% y2 s* P3 v2 v
not because of well meaning plans# V6 G; D: x" s, h! {4 X
But because of actions. 6 }7 b( f' A+ E( d0 ?0 H* f
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Our life's prayers our answered
5 b( B/ a6 V8 f: x4 O Because even the smallest pebble
* `* `" W% g3 o! w/ |9 q No matter how seemingly insignificant6 v3 f1 j- G+ S3 }; O
Changes the course of the lives
/ z9 s. a2 M$ y: d7 L( } Of those we touch.? Q7 `* m: ~7 _ H# \# A" @0 i
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And when the icy winds of death
! A7 H6 m1 Q4 _, D+ N beckon our lasting attention9 A0 t: f: H% D8 Z2 V; Y
We will gently leave this life ) m. J6 T" w- D1 `
With the knowledge that - r O1 j( ^6 c) P8 n7 U
because of that one pebble 9 ?: f. o6 ~/ I) {+ G4 {0 t
The world will never be the same.# J. [6 ?; u% k7 i3 r R
) A8 [' _: ^: W8 |$ ? And then we have heaven …
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u4 U* V' x4 L9 _8 t: _9 H Ross Rosenberg. C! K. h7 O2 a; i
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