There was a man taking a
morning walk at or the beach. He saw that along with the morning tide came
hundreds of starfish and when the tide receded, they were left behind and with
the morning sun rays, they would die.
The tide was fresh and
the starfish were alive. The man took a few steps, picked one and threw it into
the water. He did that repeatedly.
Right behind him there
was another person who couldn't understand what this man was doing. He caught
up with him and asked, "What are you doing? There are hundreds of
starfish.
How many can you help?
What difference does it make?" This man did not reply, took two more
steps, picked up another one, threw it into the water, and said, "It makes
a difference to this one."
What difference
are we making? Big or small, it does not matter. If everyone made a small
difference, we'd end up with a big difference, wouldn't we?
