A Single Starfish
By Loren Eisley
"As a man was walking along a beach reflecting on his life, one of his thoughts was that no matter how he tried to make a difference he always seemed to be spitting in to the wind.
He felt a crunch under his feet and looking down saw that the beach was covered in thousands and thousands of starfish washed up by the tide. He continued his stroll, thinking how cruel the ocean was as they would all be dead by morning.
Further on he came upon a lady throwing starfish back into the sea. He said to her "for every starfish you throw back three more are washed up on the shore- how can you be making any difference to the situation?" The women looked thoughtful, picked up another starfish, threw it into the sea, smiled and said "made a difference to that one!"
Mon Shin Aung, 4 years old
