blkdragon

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2005-11-16 22:31:54 (UTC)

Starfish

This is a brief scene on a card sent by the Red Cross,
I found it to be provocative,
One morning, just before dawn, a man woke early so he could
watch the sunrise over the ocean. As he walked along the
beach he came across a young girl who seemed to be doing
something peculiar. She was picking up starfish and
throwing them into the sea - one after another. He asked
her what she was doing.
"The tide washes up all these starfish and they can't get
back by themselves," she said. "They will die in the sun if
I don't throw them back into the water."
The man looked up and down the beach at the thousands of
stranded starfish. He couldn't help telling her, "But there
are too many starfish to save before sunrise. Why bother?
You won't make much of a difference."
She paused for a moment, then picked up another starfish
and threw it as far as her slender arm could manage. With a
satisfied grin, she turned to the man and simply said, "I
made a difference to that one."
The man stood in silence, considering the girl's youthful
wisdom. Then, with a smile of his own, he reached down for
a starfish ....and tossed it into the sea.

Apparently, every little bit helps!




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