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The Starfish Story
A young person is walking along the beach and sees thousands and thousands of starfish have washed ashore. Further along, they see a school counselor, walking slowly and stooping often, picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one gently into the ocean.
“Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?,” they asked. “Because the sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don’t throw them further in they may perish,” the counselor replied.
“But,” the young person asked, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it! You can’t possibly save them all, you can’t even save one-tenth of them. In fact, even if you work all day, your efforts won’t make any difference at all.”
The counselor listened calmly and then bent down to pick up another starfish and threw it into the sea. “It made a difference to that one.”