A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a really terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her and chuckled from afar as she repeated this over and over again. 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 took a breath, 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!” This week, let’s remember even if you a receiving resistance, laughs, or criticism it is important to keep moving because making a difference to even just one can save a life.
It matters to that one.
