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"To know one life has breathed easier because you have lived is to have succeeded" - Emmerson

This quote was passed to me by my friend when I was there with her during her difficult times. I had saved it for it means a lot to me and I have just the story to match it. :)

There was a young man walking down a deserted beach just before dawn. In the distance, he saw a frail old man. As he approached the old man, he saw him picking up stranded starfish and throwing them back into the sea.

The young man gazed in wonder as the old man again threw the small starfish into the water. He asked, "Old man, why do you spend so much energy doing what seems to be a waste of time."

The old man explained that the stranded starfish would die if left in the morning sun. "But there must be thousands of beaches and millions of starfish!" exclaimed the young man. "How can you make any difference?"

The old man looked at the small starfish in his hand and as he threw it to the safety of the sea, he said, "It makes a difference to this one!"

Make A Difference