One day a man was
walking along the beach when he
noticed
a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the
ocean.
Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you
doing?”
The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean.
The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw
them back, they’ll die.”
“Son,” the man said, “don’t you
realize there are
miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You
can’t make a difference!”
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another
starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the
man, he said…”
I made a difference
to that
one.”