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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.
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* k, K' A& R; | Heaven
) C. K3 I% `/ o. V( ] The pebble is worn smooth 1 `. }" L% W( H0 v, C, {: D
Made small over time
7 m* Z9 p+ F8 S3 ~5 L A product of a cataclysmic force of nature0 R5 X6 o/ R, h% D5 I- W, @2 {) |
A fragment of mountainous sheets of rock+ }! ~( B* D$ l) o
An accidental offspring of a boulder
9 x2 f3 j4 V8 Y# V' Z Z But just a very small stone.
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The pebble's place in our world
* I9 H* n2 s; t$ B s Is neither understood nor appreciated
$ S0 J6 Y3 A: B8 ~0 l @9 C But when thrown into a glassy calm pond ' A* b1 o2 {7 T; F9 ~) N
Its insignificance is transformed5 x Q, R5 U( M3 ]/ C" J
Its meaning and purpose is unleashed.
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The instant the pebble kisses the pond* x+ _5 i# H+ }1 H' |; T
Its signature of concentric ripples ' k, P1 J1 W/ i
Spiral outwards : W4 H8 j- X2 `8 Z9 q
Moving far beyond itself.
6 z$ f# ]* a5 \# c. P9 [! Z3 H Gently affecting everything in its wake1 t8 E- Y2 { N4 Z; j
Forever altering the smooth placid surface.; n$ W! T2 K/ y$ |% F3 }) r
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The pebble creates its worth and meaning 7 ^8 N+ C$ W% D/ Q
By unleashing its unimagined power? 4 e! t* z% K( g. k6 ?
Into a dueling force of action and reaction6 \ _6 m+ y8 } f- i2 A% u
Creating karmic energy
A2 Z. i5 c8 M Producing lasting and fluid impressions.9 _0 {* x$ j! m( H% H
; E7 A: R8 I( b8 o O" E$ y9 Q | Aren't we all pebbles?
( t- j1 i1 y0 @ o6 y* O; b Feeling small and insignificant
9 z5 u1 ?5 Q* x9 d5 E9 C$ V% y But ultimately recognizing
$ x! {! R2 }$ P7 y+ m2 H That who we are meant to be
" ], Q8 }- ]$ [* g- W" X* R Can never be measured in isolation
3 |% J% P/ y; u* z- ` on a path into ourselves.
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2 X& i* `0 p/ u- \9 o It is true then:
8 Y0 \4 L2 @8 ?* V! h* S! c Our everlasting future 1 Y# e' V* l9 e& i6 j
Is created by the indiscriminate tossing of pebbles
3 y, |) `) B$ Z h0 O Into the pond of life
2 H. M0 S2 ?( ~- E/ {5 x" D Creating ripples . @# f8 d1 l, F1 p* d
that leave unique mark on our world 7 v+ w3 K o+ C8 s" P3 _
Not because of thoughts - ^, ~+ B$ n% w+ w* `7 E# [1 A1 l% u
not because of well meaning plans
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Our life's prayers our answered. ^ p0 ]) Z1 o k( W5 A {, X
Because even the smallest pebble
* J) b5 @; t" x; w: ~; G No matter how seemingly insignificant
" w5 w3 x1 W+ T+ u+ T; l Changes the course of the lives
( F& U5 P, N; C2 V; R7 \. L Of those we touch.? ) o# Z3 e# Y9 d5 O
5 A9 B2 u; u; Y1 t3 ? And when the icy winds of death% U) d# x/ y5 b p- B, [
beckon our lasting attention
8 ?8 }( E/ q1 B# j, L# H We will gently leave this life 7 H5 D6 V# i5 ~
With the knowledge that 9 `4 k! p$ T+ H4 y
because of that one pebble " R _2 K9 @4 o# v" x& c
The world will never be the same.4 }: {+ ?4 u- e& Q q
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And then we have heaven …+ q1 h ?# |/ ]; Q
4 {( S3 K4 Z$ M Ross Rosenberg
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