YOU AND YOUR GOOD DEEDS ARE
SIGNIFICANT
Whenever you are tempted to feel
like you and your life’s work are rather small, relative to others, or in
comparison to your original plans and dreams, prayerfully consider the following
story.
A vacationing businessman was walking along a beach when he saw a
young boy. Along the shore were many
starfish that had been washed up by the tide and were sure to die before the
tide returned. The boy was walked slowly
along the shore and occasionally reached down and tossed the beached starfish
back into the ocean.
The businessman, hoping to teach the boy a little lesson in common
sense, walked up to the boy and said, “I have been watching what you are doing,
son. You have a good heart, and I know
you mean well, but do you realize how many beaches there are around here and
how many starfish are dying on every beach every day. Surely such an industrious and kind hearted
boy such as yourself could find something better to do with your time. Do you
really think that what you are doing is going to make a difference?”
The boy looked up at the man, and then he looked down at a starfish
by his feet. He picked up the starfish,
and as he gently tossed it back into the ocean, he said, “It makes a difference
to that one.”
If you can make a difference with just one person, your life is indeed significant and wondrously blessed.
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