During a stroll on the beach, a man came upon a
little child hurriedly tossing starfish into the ocean
.
They had been stranded by that morning’s
high tide and the miles long beach was covered
from one end to the other with
the helpless starfish.
The man sigh, kneeled down on one knee beside the child and quietly advised,
"Dear child, you will never get all
these starfish back in the ocean. No one can
make
a difference against these odds – there
are just too many starfish."
The
child held up another starfish, threw it with deep intent as far as
possible.
Then, turning back
to look the man through a beaming smile replied,
"I just made a difference for that one!"
The end
(or is it the beginning?)