a modern fable to encourage you to take the first step…
Making a difference…
Loren Eiseley, while writing his book The Unexpected Universe, was walking along the ocean in Costabel early one morning.
It was shortly after a storm had subsided and as he continued walking, he noticed that thousands of starfish had been washed up on the beach. Ahead of him was a gigantic rainbow of incredible perfection shimmering into existence.
At the base of the rainbow stooped a little boy, gazing fixedly at an object in the sand. Eventually, he flung the object far beyond the breaking surf.
Eiseley went up to him and asked, “Son, what are you doing?” The little boy answered, “I’m throwing the starfish back into the sea because if I don’t they’re going to die.”
“But there are thousands of starfish. In the larger scheme of things you’re not going to make much of a difference to all these starfish.”
The little boy looked up at him, stooped down again to pick up another starfish and, gently but quickly, flung it back into the ocean.
“It’s going to make a big difference to that one” he replied.
To all of you who were brave enough to come onboard this competition tochallenge yourself in terms of coping with tight deadlines and educate your peers about the sadder happenings of our society, you are the boy in this story.
For that, we thank you!
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