It Makes A Difference

A vacationing businessman was walking along a beach when he 
saw a young boy. Along the shore were many starfish that had 
been washed up by the tide and were sure to die before the 
tide returned. The boy was walking slowly along the shore and 
occasionally reached down and tossed the beached starfish 
back into the ocean.


The businessman, hoping to teach the boy a little lesson in 
common sense, walked up to the boy and said, “I have been 
watching what you are doing, son. You have a good heart, and 
I know you mean well, but do you realize how many beaches 
there are around here and how many starfish are dying on 
every beach every day. Surely such an industrious and kind 
hearted boy such as yourself could find something better to do 
with your time. Do you really think that what you are doing is 
going to make a difference?”


The boy looked up at the man, and then he looked down at a 
starfish by his feet. He picked up the starfish, and as he gently 
tossed it back into the ocean, he said, “It makes a difference to 
that one.”




Do what you can, to help someone. It wont change the world 
fully but it will surely bless the person, whom you are helping.


Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is 
in your power to do it.       Proverbs 3:27 (The Bible)