The Starfish

- Anonymous

(:title The Starfish:)

As the old man walked the beach at dawn, he noticed a young man ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them into the sea. Finally catching up with the youth, he asked him why he was doing this. The answer was that the starfish would die if left until the morning sun.

"But the beach goes on for miles and miles and there are millions of starfish," continued the other. "How can your efforts make a difference?"The young man looked at the starfish in his hand and then threw it to safety in the waves. "I made a difference to that one," he said.