Sue Moon’s Blog

One upon a time there was a man who used to go to the ocean to see the sunrise. One day he was walking along the shore, and he saw a young man picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer, he called out, “Good morning! “What are you doing?”

The young man paused, looked up, and replied, “Throwing starfish into the ocean.”

“I guess I should have asked, “Why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?”

The young man replied, “The sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don’t throw them in they will die.”

“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and hundred of starfish all along it? You cannot possibly make a difference!”

The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked another star fish and threw it into the sea, passed the breaking waves and said, “It made a difference for that one.”