Making a Difference!
	One day a man was walking along the seashore. He noticed that during the night, many seashells and starfish had washed up on shore. Thoroughly enjoying the morning sun and cool air, the man strolled for miles along the sand.      Far off in the distance, he saw a smal figure dancing. The man was joyous that someone was celebrating life in such a grand manner. As he drew closer, howerever, it became apparent that perhaps the figure was not dancing but was repeatedly performing some ritual.      Approaching the small figure, the man noticed that it was a child. The girl was methodically picking up starfish from the shore and tossing them back into the surf. The man paused for a moment, puzzled, then asked, "Why are you throwing those starfish?"      "If I leave the starfish on the beach," she replied, "the sun will dry them and they will die. So I am throwing them back into the ocean because I want them to live."      The man was silent for a moment, impresses with the child's thoughtfulness. Then he motioned up and down the miles and miles of beach and said, "There must be millions of starfish along here! How can you possibley expect to make a difference?"      The young firl pondered the man's words for a moment then she leaned over, reached down and carefully picked up another starfish from the sand. Pulling back, she arched the starfish gently into the surf.      She turned to the man and smiled. "You may be right," she said, "but I made a difference for that one!"
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