Today many people in the World-War-I-touched World will mark a few seconds of silence for sacrifice of military and civilians in time of war. Having a family history of war loss (as civilian victims and military service losses) I take this day personally and make it a time to ask myself how much I really do for peace and how much I help in making the world better by bringing people together and having things solved by peaceful means. War and human nature are too hard to defeat, but I can do it one person at a time - starting with me!
Can I make a difference?
Once a man was walking on a beach and he saw a woman throwing starfish off the beach into the sea. "What are you doing he asked?"
She said, "Since the tide will not return for another 12 hours, these starfish will dry-out in the Sun and die."
Then she went on to pick up another one and throw it back into the sea. This went on for a while and the man walked back up to the woman and asked angrily, "Do you know how many beaches there are and how many starfish are washed up on those beaches? What difference can you really make?"
She looked down at the starfish in her hand, "It makes a difference to this one."
I love you guys!
21 comments:
I love the story!
We can each make a difference - very powerful!
As long as there are people who will take time to reach out to the ones who need help, there is hope.
For now I bow my head to those who sacrificed all.
We love you too. You are the one who throws the starfish back and sets a good example for all of us.
Brilliant! Happy Veterans Day.
Excellent analogy!
Thank you for your Service!
One of my favorite short srtories!
Happy Vets Day, Andrew :)
Just helping one person makes a difference. Thanks for sharing this. Very well said. As a veteran, thanks for the post.
so true. great post.
Thank you. I really needed that today.
Great post, and great reminder about making a difference.
Happy Verterans Day!
THANK YOU !!
Love that story...
Great post, we should remember not just today, but every day.
(p.s. you guessed correctly about my tat!)
Beautiful.
That is a great story. We can all make a difference, even if it is small. We can all work harder at it. Thanks for sharing this.
Super story :-)
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Thanks for your support!
great stuff
Great story, Andrew!
I took an awesome personal growth class once and that story was recounted in the class. I'll never forget it.
wonderful, heartwarming post andrew.
thank you.
xo
What do starfish taste like?
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