The Starfish Story. A Beautiful Story.
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But promise to believe, whatever it is you do... You do make a difference.
The Starfish Story
Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to the ocean to
do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach every morning
before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the
shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as the eye could see, stretching in both directions.
Off in the distance, the old man noticed a small boy approaching. As
the boy walked, he paused every so often and as he grew closer, the man
could see that he was occasionally bending down to pick up an object and
throw it into the sea. The boy came closer still and the man called
out, ”Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?”
The young boy paused, looked up, and replied “Throwing starfish into the
ocean. The tide has washed them up onto the beach and they can’t return
to the sea by themselves,” the youth replied. “When the sun gets high,
they will die, unless I throw them back into the water.”
The
old man replied, “But there must be tens of thousands of starfish on
this beach. I’m afraid you won’t really be able to make much of a
difference.”
The boy bent down, picked up yet another starfish
and threw it as far as he could into the ocean. Then he turned, smiled
and said, “It made a difference to that one!”
Adapted from the story by Loren Eiseley
www.MyBeautifulWords.com
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