Make a difference

Make a difference




Walking along seashore, I saw a man walking a few paces ahead of me. Every few
minutes, he would bend down, pick up something from the beach and throw it back
into the sea.


Curious, I asked him what he was doing.


“Starfish”, he replied, “They are washed ashore by the tide. If I don’t throw them
back, they will be baked dead by the sun.”


“Are you crazy?” I said, “There are thousands of beaches around the world and
millions of starfishes dying around. What difference does it make?”


“Well,” said he, as he hurled another one into sea, “It does make a difference to this
one.”

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