Starfish Story

Starfish on Sand by Derek Cole

I came across this story while I was looking at this website http://www.thegracefoundationofnorcal.org/hero.html which I found from this website http://redwingshorsesanctuary.org/ which came to me from an email from my Mom about twin foals that were born and are surviving nicely. Always interesting how you end up where you do when on the internet. Anyway - apparently this story is not a new one, but it's new to me and I really liked it so I'm sharing it with you.

As the story goes, there was a wise man who, at one time, went to the ocean to do his writing. One day he was walking along the shore; as he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. As he got closer, he saw that it was a girl, and she wasn't dancing, instead was reaching down to the shore picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As the man got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?" The girl paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing Starfish into the ocean." "Why are you throwing Starfish into the ocean?" asked the man. "The sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don't throw them in, they'll die," she answered. "But don't you realize there are miles and miles of beach and Starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!" The girl listened politely, then bent down, picked up another Starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said to the man, "It made a difference for that one."

For me that is such a nice story and one that leaves me feeling so warm and fuzzy. Love it!

InJoy and Love!