10 Starfish Saviour

 
Starfish Saviour

A man was walking in the early hours along a beach. Before him, he saw a man dancing along the beach. He thought to himself that this seemed a strange way to start your day. he picked up his pace to try and catch up with the man. As he drew nearer, he noticed that the man was not in fact dancing. He was picking things off the beach and throwing them into the water. 

As he got nearer, he saw that it was not stones he was throwing but starfish. He spoke to the young man and asked what he was doing. The young man told him, " The sun is coming up and the tide is going out. if these starfish are left on the beach they will dry out and die."

The man looked at him and said, "But there is miles of beach and hundreds of starfish you can never make much of a difference."

The young man picked up a starfish and threw into the sea. As it hit the water he turned and said, "It sure has made a difference to that one."

Just because the task before seems immense or the thinking seems beyond practice is never a reason to let the light of concern go out. Every little action has ripples that can make momentous changes.

One small pebble thrown in a pool creates ripples that stretch way beyond the size of the pebble. We have to think global but act locally.


        




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