One day, a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a figure in the distance. As he got closer, he was that the figure was a little boy who was repeatedly reaching down to pick something up from the sandy floor and then gently throwing it into the sea.
Approaching the boy, the man asked, "What are you doing?"
The youth replied, "Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The sun 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 realise that there are miles and miles of sand and hundreds of starfish? You can't possibly make a difference with what you are doing."
The boy listened politely to the man and then bend down to pick up yet another starfish. Throwing it into the surf, he smiled at the man and said, "I make a difference for the ones I throw back."
Sent to Starmag by Hen Yune Yin
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