The Starfish
An old man was walking along a beach
when he came upon a youth throwing starfish into the sea.
The man asked the youth why he was doing this.
The youth said, "If I don't throw them into the sea,
they will die in the sun."
The man said, "But there are millions of starfish and miles of beach;
you can't possibly save them all
What difference does it make?"
The youth looked at the starfish in his hand,
and, throwing it safely in the waves, he said,
"It makes a difference to this one."
-Author Unknown