Making a DIFFERENCE

A nice little story that has always inspired me.

“One stormy night, on the banks of the sea shore. The waves were wild, and the night was dark and gloomy. The sea was violent. The waves raised high and came crashing to the shore. The violent night came to an end. It was early dawn and a new morning. The whole shore looked like a bed of starfish, millions were washed to the shore because of the violent storm last night.

At the far end of the shore stood a man in white. He was the Father in the church close to the shore. He appeared to be very busy picking things from the shore. He was busier than any other fisherman on the shore that morning. Few of the fishermen looked and walked away. Then one fisherman decided to go upto the Father and ask him what he was doing. As he approached him, he could see that the Father was picking the starfish and thrown them back to the sea. Puzzled the fisherman asked, “Father, may I ask, what are u trying to do? ”. The Father was still busy, even without looking at who was speaking to him, he said, “I’m picking this starfish and throwing it into the water”. Then the fisherman looked around and said with a slight smile, “I know that Father, but, there are like millions of them on the entire shore. You can’t save all of them. It wouldn’t make much difference.” Then the Father replied saying, “I know my child, I might not be able to make a difference at all. But I know that I can make a difference to this little starfish.” He picked another starfish and threw it into the sea.

This story has always made me think of my actions. If I can do something that would make a difference to even one person then I better do it. I might not be able to change the whole world but I strongly believe that when each of us do our little bit, we can change the whole world.

So I live on this hope, that someday each of will start doing our little bit to MAKE A DIFFERENCE