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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. 6 ?* Q( K. [: X
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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.
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4 r) R1 o6 w& {1 B; Q4 p Heaven9 F& A& I1 _. C# C+ q2 `
The pebble is worn smooth
. z$ h: t8 J1 }, p* u# J7 k Made small over time3 s3 m8 d0 p. @! M& ?, X5 l/ _
A product of a cataclysmic force of nature
) u* Y/ z# Y- t) _. i A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock
" }5 u6 [, W. [2 H An accidental offspring of a boulder 0 a6 b; w3 V/ m3 a2 t9 b' a; Y" S
But just a very small stone. ( j" Q3 C# B1 l
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The pebble's place in our world
* [  ~3 u( Q! r Is neither understood nor appreciated' J1 w6 j$ }$ d0 n4 x
But when thrown into a glassy calm pond
" F' X1 W3 p. m% Q Its insignificance is transformed  q' I4 C4 m) W2 G
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.( E7 n/ L! I7 U0 c6 a6 C; S/ G0 h
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond* ~6 i; f2 t: e/ k; c8 p, c
Its signature of concentric ripples   y. i- x' ?6 s" K- N. y
Spiral outwards + t- x' f0 k* o( O
Moving far beyond itself.
' T6 A$ a9 r- u/ j Gently affecting everything in its wake3 E8 z3 `5 ]1 ?/ n
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.
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9 b- e8 B- B- s, U  d The pebble creates its worth and meaning 2 c- x7 e# F* K& n6 n
By unleashing its unimagined power?
5 t: M9 a4 {& o6 t+ S. Y6 b Into a dueling force of action and reaction3 B8 F4 P; b& h
Creating karmic energy
; N. ^9 ~3 g: w4 E3 b" E4 M Producing lasting and fluid impressions.
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/ K- |- h  ~" G( t Aren't we all pebbles?
: z5 n1 M% D# ?& o Feeling small and insignificant
3 y( `8 k5 W) G3 [' r$ w  V But ultimately recognizing & j$ s1 z% T$ S. [" {, `  k; X2 U' K
That who we are meant to be) `, h2 Y! A1 T5 B
Can never be measured in isolation
2 q( B) f) x* Y on a path into ourselves." {! l; r" t; Y  s7 X# Q& p" Z2 W
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It is true then:& G# p7 f0 s* F, a& `
Our everlasting future   w- T% J$ [; h0 ~4 \9 V% O
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
  N7 @  n7 a# `" j1 m; |" s Into the pond of life) C% n/ d: J* A7 j8 R5 n4 G
Creating ripples
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Not because of thoughts 8 X* s" n. Q  f
not because of well meaning plans4 `8 l4 B8 _2 R& u/ m, K. p
But because of actions.
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Our life's prayers our answered
. _& A* X% g& @3 u0 _ Because even the smallest pebble
# }4 b7 ^! z7 y" y0 ^0 m% a No matter how seemingly insignificant+ K( D' t$ \% J1 Z* P
Changes the course of the lives4 H5 [( v$ f4 y$ `: r
Of those we touch.?
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1 E/ W, T9 ~4 f* M3 [ And when the icy winds of death
+ `; K; b, f! y beckon our lasting attention
( R9 i5 Y5 Y5 u2 i6 t( [8 \ We will gently leave this life
4 }" y# |( m1 w0 L4 B With the knowledge that
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The world will never be the same.
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And then we have heaven …5 j* E. F( v3 ?

1 P  Q- L* a$ H4 H Ross Rosenberg. m+ w0 B9 Y0 ~0 V2 p
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