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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. 2 W/ {9 V8 n$ q

5 O% d% Z6 _/ Z6 s8 p! m 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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* k+ M2 K% a* L: L5 q" Q Heaven
: f: \/ n* w. G- D The pebble is worn smooth # u" V: l" e7 m" y/ I9 Q; `7 o
Made small over time
" f  ^2 |2 A: I( v, s$ l A product of a cataclysmic force of nature/ B7 S- B  L* x$ {
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock+ a( A1 {2 `6 S* A) U
An accidental offspring of a boulder
& H& B! t* k2 I But just a very small stone.
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) v+ Z! X, J' u  p The pebble's place in our world " N  G& C$ ?9 L9 b  d
Is neither understood nor appreciated
" R& I: Z5 F7 }# Q* | But when thrown into a glassy calm pond ) r! K3 p/ o, [" y1 L7 g3 x) l/ I
Its insignificance is transformed
  ]1 ?% C4 K& ^2 a1 t; F Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.; b. f/ y5 `5 E% A0 K

5 C/ O( _" N% S: N( e The instant the pebble kisses the pond
- a, k1 Z1 ?" s' n5 L7 y Its signature of concentric ripples + j; F1 z( g! q& ^/ A" d, u
Spiral outwards
5 B( s3 ~, j' N( {8 s Moving far beyond itself.
: b; E& ?8 M& L, u' c& a; O Gently affecting everything in its wake$ G' E) t4 S% ?* Z: M$ ^
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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- F9 c  l& |& D; S5 C' Y) V' @ The pebble creates its worth and meaning
* p( ^2 v1 {4 | By unleashing its unimagined power? + g9 u: G6 _7 O2 D8 _$ e: i
Into a dueling force of action and reaction
! X, r! q$ |1 t, w0 ^/ K5 N Creating karmic energy
( j) U) j- Z' @( w Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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Aren't we all pebbles?* l6 Q$ s" g: q+ _5 K
Feeling small and insignificant
/ D  b' g2 v4 L& z8 c But ultimately recognizing 6 u% H% u! ~( b. Q0 i1 V* D
That who we are meant to be
4 |8 Q& W+ t9 ?+ w Can never be measured in isolation& `! C* o" z8 ^7 Y
on a path into ourselves.
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0 P  `; q8 ?& w. } It is true then:7 u6 k  N/ Z  @; J% g' u  Q9 P
Our everlasting future
" l. i0 V+ r! ^+ \ Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles, [7 ~0 Z; o6 U
Into the pond of life
' u. O: F' ^! Z Creating ripples " W/ w" A' N" x& g& n9 ~9 s2 `9 {
that leave unique mark on our world
1 v( u* d5 x7 X7 w6 H Not because of thoughts 8 ^# I/ q* w. K- Y% c" L: B
not because of well meaning plans, b- O( N+ z% l2 U6 r
But because of actions.
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; r% B; h# r6 V& M9 V  ^ Our life's prayers our answered
5 ?/ r+ s6 X5 \. `( e) `9 F- Q Because even the smallest pebble
- L" h: \; W: H; w3 `. p  M  ^! D No matter how seemingly insignificant4 a5 V. J- o4 a9 v# B! l8 L# B1 @7 I
Changes the course of the lives7 X  C) r/ W- ]0 u" z7 V1 d
Of those we touch.?
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- |7 V& r2 _: u/ L And when the icy winds of death
% t( T# n3 t& k. h* a7 c beckon our lasting attention
  }3 X) I% q" |( @, W) r1 R1 Q We will gently leave this life . Q8 S3 `$ n* T' O" O! l
With the knowledge that 8 |7 N" [* R3 O1 J
because of that one pebble - `  r2 W1 a/ G0 p- A
The world will never be the same.: X  H$ }' h. x

! @1 g( y% ]! s. r2 q And then we have heaven …" ~  U1 i- F  V

! o+ N/ |  W1 I/ D, T: J0 p Ross Rosenberg
3 }7 I+ l( s- \ 8/18/03
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