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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. + ^- I0 U! |+ }5 g7 W8 v( X

2 t8 D6 u1 ~  T 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., P$ H; d" m, \, I

' r2 C8 c- k$ P/ C" a1 t, s/ l Heaven
9 q. [2 h! R: a, f The pebble is worn smooth
( w$ @# ^' l, B. F- m* y8 [: k Made small over time' R* p3 v3 W) H4 c6 @5 l4 \9 X
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature$ P9 J7 U$ x. M) a( B7 C
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
7 c) T6 p' p: R& u* Q. {0 Y An accidental offspring of a boulder
$ w' G1 H" o' G9 ` But just a very small stone.
$ {' m" f" Q6 B" {$ U' J2 k 6 j8 Q7 z9 o6 i9 r0 n
The pebble's place in our world
, M1 l, n3 N3 e) R8 m# f1 P Is neither understood nor appreciated; b1 `3 Z  J8 Q  _* X5 }
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond . C% l: `1 Q7 q
Its insignificance is transformed
4 P8 A- e. k! a Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.7 ]( @, P/ N' n. h3 I' L( d7 ?, f

2 b: W- \7 ]/ }7 O1 L2 H( k The instant the pebble kisses the pond7 \4 |' W9 Y* J+ ?
Its signature of concentric ripples / f. |9 Q# P1 z2 c% l
Spiral outwards # C% e$ D7 n0 r2 j3 M$ D
Moving far beyond itself.& u( s# |, A; f3 ^( Q
Gently affecting everything in its wake$ c3 G7 y7 H( k3 c7 o4 v3 U1 z% {9 y
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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0 [4 C+ g6 n& l' q- C1 d8 { The pebble creates its worth and meaning / }) x  R8 j* Y; p+ P4 y
By unleashing its unimagined power?
- c( \; V0 x6 ?7 u  V2 i- ?/ K Into a dueling force of action and reaction
3 k! K5 Q# q4 \5 K/ ]2 @% O% m) B Creating karmic energy
2 l9 F/ Q6 N& x Producing lasting and fluid impressions.* B. X+ Q) W' r6 `* Q% P  z
7 u" j- [  O( p
Aren't we all pebbles?
. _* U$ q: }2 C. m8 P& z# g Feeling small and insignificant: G. O; H. g) q6 g3 c! s
But ultimately recognizing 4 f: S0 E& W0 d1 m1 p( b
That who we are meant to be
& e) B5 r! \& M. t8 A Can never be measured in isolation0 r8 c9 R( v4 Z0 k* E
on a path into ourselves.0 _2 @1 {+ g7 c5 c' b( }. ^

! X# y' J+ L& m8 |! {8 R* m It is true then:: L( J. j' }2 s. ~; i$ P
Our everlasting future ! y4 c3 |* w  v0 c
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
/ i) k& b" U3 u; A Into the pond of life. o0 Z  o3 M* W) v: O  o
Creating ripples
" H2 g& B) E/ J that leave unique mark on our world
$ l9 {3 D* V# A7 t0 B Not because of thoughts
2 y) Y/ v& b; l not because of well meaning plans+ J% A5 ]6 \8 Z0 H8 W. Z
But because of actions. % ?2 w% |: O; `: v  u

' W4 c, _6 f* W$ d& D& D% k Our life's prayers our answered- r4 [9 ^- i/ N1 P! K3 P5 v  G' O
Because even the smallest pebble ; P' j5 ?& o9 A4 o
No matter how seemingly insignificant: p5 p5 L+ x% B. ?1 Y
Changes the course of the lives0 l: ~4 m+ U0 \. `! e7 c
Of those we touch.?
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2 q, p+ `, h" r* [ And when the icy winds of death
8 q& q& A( B, p beckon our lasting attention' _& H2 M: f  t
We will gently leave this life 1 Y5 A4 {. m# a1 C4 h6 Y4 V7 r
With the knowledge that * ^3 S5 ^6 n' }* I' `7 r7 n
because of that one pebble , m; j8 u6 p) r8 W
The world will never be the same.8 j# z3 @1 L' ]/ s

1 c1 _" O2 g% Y  B7 f And then we have heaven …( Z0 y0 b  N; r( M, _
+ Y0 F& s! k3 i/ \0 h" b
Ross Rosenberg. |, L2 n0 R4 ]- g
8/18/03
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