sometimes we all need a gentle nudge...

to remind us:

"One night along the east coast somewhere, there was an incredible storm…

The storm washed up thousands of starfish onto the beach, where they lay in the morning sun. A young boy was out on the beach. He was furiously flinging starfish into the sea.

A man strolling along saw the boy bustling…

He walked up to the boy and asked him why he was doing it… He told the boy that there must be ten thousand starfish… He said that the boy could do this all day and never make a difference.

The boy looked at the man a little puzzled… He reached down and picked up a starfish and flung it out to sea with all his might…

Then he looked up at the man and said, "I just made a difference in the life of THAT starfish!"

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