A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!”The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied,“Well, I made a difference to that one!”The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved. - adapted from the Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley
Saturday, 30 May 2009
The Star Fish Story
I took this from a great blog about ordinary people who change the world click here to read it. I love the story, it is one of my top 10 most inspirational things.
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Ohhh, that's so beautiful. Children are so full of hope and inspiration and it is so important we stop, listen and really learn from them. They often have so much more to teach us than we are truly aware. Thanks for sharing.
It's great isn't it. One of those , wish I'd written that stories! Thanks sarah and I hope you are well and thanks for your other comments.
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