Making A Difference
"The Starfish"
As the old man walked the beach
at dawn, he noticed a young man
ahead of him picking up starfish
and flinging them into the sea.
Finally catching up with the
youth, he asked him why he was
doing this. The answer was that the
stranded starfish would die if left
until the morning sun.
"But the beach goes on for miles,
and there are millions of starfish,"
countered the old man. "How can
your effort make a difference?"
The young man looked at the
starfish in his hand, then threw it to
the safety of the waves. "It makes a
difference to this one," he said.
- -Anonymous
