Make A Difference  

Posted by Zebulah in act of kindness, kindness, life, life lessons, make a difference, metaphore, polite, realization

One day a man was walking along the beach. Then he noticed a figure in the distance. As he got closer, he realized the figure was of a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.

Approaching the boy, he asked, "What are you doing?" Then the boy replied, "Throwing a starfish into the ocean. Soon, the sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them back, they'll die."

"Son," the man said. "Don't you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can't possibly make a difference!"

After listening politely, the boy bent down then picked up another starfish. He threw it into the surf. Then smiling at the man, he said "I make a difference for that one."

A simple act of kindness can make a difference. Whoever you are and wherever you are, you can make a difference. To your family, to your friends, and even to unfamiliar faces.

Sometimes, we feel that we are insignificant like the little boy. Yet just like the little boy who picked up a starfish, this simple act of kindness made a whole lot of difference to the starfish.

When you make a little smile to another person, be it your family, friends or strangers you meet, you had made a great difference to them.

Simple little action can make a great difference to the one you care most. Saving a starfish is a metaphor of this little action.

Let's make a difference now.