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My Inspiration: The Starfish Rescuer
I awoke early, as I often did, just before sunrise to walk by the ocean's edge and greet the new day. As I moved through the misty dawn, I focused on a faint, far away motion. I saw a youth, bending and reaching and flailing arms, dancing on the beach, no doubt in celebration of the perfect day soon to begin.
As I approached, I sadly realized that the youth was not dancing to the bay, but rather bending to sift through the debris left by the night's tide, stopping now and then to pick up a starfish and then standing, to heave it back into the sea. I asked the youth the purpose of the effort. "The tide has washed the starfish onto the beach and they cannot return to the sea by themselves," the youth replied. "When the sun rises, they will die, unless I throw them back to the sea."
As the youth explained, I surveyed the vast expanse of beach, stretching in both directions beyond my sight. Starfish littered the shore in numbers beyond calculation. The hopelessness of the youth's plan became clear to me and I countered, "But there are more starfish on this beach than you can ever save before the sun is up. Surely you cannot expect to make a difference."
The youth paused briefly to consider my words, bent to pick up a starfish and threw it as far as possible. Turning to me he simply said, "I made a difference to that one."
I stood deep in thought of what the boy had said, then I began reaching down and picking up starfish and throwing them back into the ocean. I spent the rest of the day helping the boy rescue the starfish.
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My favorite quotes:
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. -Ann Landers
When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Whether you think you can or your think you can't, you are probably right. -Henry Ford
When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Whether you think you can or your think you can't, you are probably right. -Henry Ford