Was attending a workshop today. One of the stories narrated during the session really touched the heart. It goes something like this:
“A wise man was walking by the sea one day and saw a figure at a distance, throwing something into the sea. He thought it was a boy throwing pebbles/sea shells into the ocean but as he neared the figure, he realized that it was a man throwing back starfish washed ashore, back into the sea. When the wise man enquired about that, the man said that, “A little bit of help from me and a little help from the sea would take the starfish back to safety.” The wise man said, “But how many can you help this way?” The man just smiled and carried on with his act of throwing back the fish into the ocean.
The wise man walked on thinking about this. The whole night he gazed at the stars in the night-sky and pondered over the act of the man. And then it dawned upon him, “It made a difference to that one starfish that was pulled back into the sea.”
So, did you make a difference to someone today? Did you throw a star today!!!
“A wise man was walking by the sea one day and saw a figure at a distance, throwing something into the sea. He thought it was a boy throwing pebbles/sea shells into the ocean but as he neared the figure, he realized that it was a man throwing back starfish washed ashore, back into the sea. When the wise man enquired about that, the man said that, “A little bit of help from me and a little help from the sea would take the starfish back to safety.” The wise man said, “But how many can you help this way?” The man just smiled and carried on with his act of throwing back the fish into the ocean.
The wise man walked on thinking about this. The whole night he gazed at the stars in the night-sky and pondered over the act of the man. And then it dawned upon him, “It made a difference to that one starfish that was pulled back into the sea.”
So, did you make a difference to someone today? Did you throw a star today!!!
Thursday October 12, 2006 - 10:35pm (IST)
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