As the dawn broke over the beach, the old man asked the youth why he was flinging starfish into the sea.  The answer was, "They'd die if left in the sun."
 

"But the beach goes on for miles and there are millions of them," he muttered. "What difference is it going to make?"
 

The young man looked at the starfish in his hand and said, as he threw it to safety, "It makes a difference to this one."
 

-Never underestimate the power of one small act of kindness-