Choose to be a starfish thrower!

One day, an old man was walking along the beach in the early morning and noticed what appeared to be thousands of starfish washed up on the shore. Up ahead in the distance, he spotted a boy who appeared to be gathering up the starfish and tossing them back into the ocean. Overwhelmed by the sheer multitude of the suffering creatures, the old man just stood and watched as the boy picked up another starfish, and yet another, releasing them in the healing safety of the cool green water.

Finally, he approached the boy and asked him why he spent so much energy doing what seemed to be a waste of time. The boy replied "If these starfish are left out here like this, they will bake in the sun, and this afternoon all of them will be dead." The old man gazed out as far as he could see and responded "But, there must be hundreds of miles of beach and thousands of starfish. You can't possibly rescue all of them. What difference is throwing a few back going to make, anyway?"

The boy then held up the starfish he had in his hand and threw it to safety in the waves and replied "It made a difference to that one!"

I have a link on my blog to the website of The Starfish Foster Home where my son, Cameron, is currently living and has been since he was 9 weeks old. I am grateful for Amanda, the founder, and the role she and others played in saving my son's life.

Helping just one does make a difference. Choose to be a starfish thrower!