Once a man was wandering on a deserted  beach in a lovely morning. The sun was shining and the sea looked amazing. As he strolled along the beach, he could see a man going back and forth between the surf’s edge and the beach. As he approached the man,
he noticed that he was throwing starfishes to the sea. The man noticed hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand brought by the tides.

The man was stuck by the apparent vanity of the task. There were hundreds of starfish on the beach and many of them were sure to perish as the
sun grew stronger by the day. But the man continued the task of picking up a starfish one by one and throwing them into the sea.

“I must ask, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?”  he asked as he approached the man throwing the starfish.
The  man replied, “The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them in, they’ll die soon.”

Observing the frugality of the task, the man said, “ There are thousands of starfish stranded on the beach. There is no way you can throw all of them back to the surf.
You can’t possibly make a difference.” The person looked at the man, stooped down and picked up one more starfish and threw it as far as he could into the ocean.  He turned back to the man and replied: “It surely made a difference to that one!”

Often we get overwhelmed by the
challenges of the world as it seems to be humongous and unconquerable. We may feel like our actions are trivial. But this should not stop us from our attempt to create positive change in the world. We often forget and ignore the impact of our actions on the world.
Sometimes even our tiniest act of kindness may be affecting someone in a great way.

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