Self Motivation
The starfish
Once a man was walking along a beach
The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day
Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between the surf's edge and and the beach
Back and forth this person went
As the man approached, he could see that there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural action of the tide
The man was stuck by the the apparent futility of the task
There were far too many starfish
Many of them were sure to perish
As he approached, the person continued the task of picking up starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf
As he came up to the person, he said: "You must be crazy
There are thousands of miles of beach covered with starfish
You can't possibly make a difference"
The person looked at the man
He then stooped down and pick up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean
He turned back to the man and said: "It sure made a difference to that one!"
