Making the Difference

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

“But the beach goes on for miles and there are millions of starfish,” he said. “How can your efforts make any difference?”

The young woman looked at the starfish in her hand and then threw it to safety into the waves. “It makes a difference to this one!” she said.

~ Author Unknown