A friend of ours was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset. As he walked

along, he began to see another man in the distance. As he grew nearer, he noticed that the

.local native kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water

.Time and again he kept hurling things out into the ocean

As our friend approached even closer, he noticed that the man was picking up starfish

that had been washed up on the beach and, one at a time, he was throwing them

.back into the water

Our friend was puzzled. He approached the man and said, “Good evening, friend. I was

".wondering what you are doing


I’m throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it’s low tide right now and all "

of these star-fish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don’t throw them back into the

.sea, they’ll die up here from lack of oxygen." the man answered

.

I understand “ my friend replied, “but there must be thousands of starfish on this beach "

.You can’t possibly get to all of them. There are simply too many

And don’t you realize this is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down

"? this coast. Can’t you see that you can’t possibly make a difference


The local native smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish, and as he threw it

" back into the sea, he replied, “ Made A Difference to that One