A man was walking along a deserted beach at sunset. As he walked he could see a young boy in the distance, as he drew nearer he noticed that the boy kept bending down, picking something up and throwing it into the water. Time and again he kept hurling things into the ocean.
As the man approached even closer, he was able to see that the boy was picking up starfish that had been washed up on the beach and, one at a time he was throwing them back into the water.
The man asked the boy what he was doing, the boy replied,"I am throwing these washed up starfish back into the ocean, or else they will die through lack of oxygen. "But", said the man, "You can't possibly save them all, there are thousands on this beach, and this must be happening on hundreds of beaches along the coast. You can't possibly make a difference." The boy smiled, bent down and picked up another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied.
"I made a huge difference to that one!"
~Author Unknown~
4 comments:
I've always liked that story. Did you take that picture of the starfish on the beach? Whoever did, it is very nice.
thanks for liking my post... about the picture, I only got it from the web... I like it cuz it fits to the story...
Thank you so very much for your blog , i am goin thru a real trying time right now and it has helped me so much, tysvm
to heartofgold69, thank you for liking my post... i've heard this story when i was working in a shipping line company that is losing from business and they decided to have a self development seminar to all their employees including their agents... and it helps me a lot because i was able to apply it not only in my work but most of all in my personal life... It is also related to the "Gung Ho" Story which we also tackle in the seminar...
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