#prayforjay

It’s the story of this young child Walks along the beach and on this beach hundreds of starfish wash on shore doomed to dry out and die. But this child walks along and every time he sees one, he picks one up, and he throws it back into the ocean, giving it another chance at life. He can’t get to all of them but every morning, this child, on his way to wherever he’s going picks up another starfish and tosses it back into the ocean. And he does this every day for a while. Day by day, walking along the beach, tossing another starfish back in and one day this old man who’s been seeing him do this comes up to the child and asks: “Why are you doing this?” “Hundreds and hundreds of starfish wash up on the shore every day.” “And you can never save all of them.” “Why even bother?” “You’re not making a difference.” And the child looked at the man and looked down at the ground at the starfish at his feet. He picked up that starfish and tossed it back in the ocean. And said: “It mattered to that one.” If you do something even in the grand scheme of the huge insurmountable obstacle that is the bigger problem If you chip in just a little bit, it’ll go so far.

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