can one person make a difference

I am reminded of a story from my childhood where a young boy is walking along the beach after a fierce storm  picking up star fish that had been beached and throwing them back into the ocean, a man walks up and says to him "little one, why do you waste your time? There are so many starfish on the beach, you can't possibly make a difference." the young boy picked up another and threw it back into the water then turned and smiled at the stranger and said "it made a difference to that one."

Sometime when  I start to feel like nothing I do really matters,  I simply think of that little boy on the beach and I'm reminded that even the simplest little things can make a positive difference no matter how small.

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