One Person Can Make a Difference

[catkiki]

We had an employee appreciation day on Thursday and we were given a lunch box. It had the greatest saying. I thought I would share it here.


A man on the beach where thousands of starfish lay dying in the sun saw a girl tossing them into the sea, one by one.

"Why bother?" he asked. You won't make much of a difference." Tossing yet another starfish into the sea, the girl said, "I made a difference to that one."

 

[spudsmom]

Awesome!!!!!

 

[goonie]

i think it's an excerpt from a variation of the last poem on this page
http://messybeast.com/moggycat/starfish.html

 

[trouts mom]

Originally Posted by spudsmom

Awesome!!!!!

This!

I really like that.

 

[Winchester]

Absolutely awesome!!

 

[Ms. Freya]

I love this!

This was actually my response to everyone who asked why I bothered bringing Sybil and her babies inside. (when things were tight finiancially, Cotton was so sick and we really couldn't afford another 4 mouths

) I heard a lot of "It's one stray cat in a neighborhood of stray cats. I won't make any difference." I could always respond with "It made a difference to her."

 

[goonie]

when i started to feed my 'parking lot' strays and then TNR'ed them my husband asked me why i bothered. he said 'it's just a drop in the bucket. you can't save them all. so why bother?' then i came across the star fish poem, which explained it perfect.

 

[ldg]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[calico2222]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. If you make a difference in one living things life, that is worth it.

 

[lunatuna]

I read that in a volume of "Chicken Soup for the Soul" a long time ago and it has stuck with me. It is a very good attitude to have towards many things in life.

 

[sillyitiliangrl]

we were given that poem the first day of my "teaching students with special needs" class

its always so important to remember!