ashore.
picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one gently into the ocean.
"why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?" he asks.
if i don't throw them further in they will die."
miles of beach and starfish all along it!
you can't possibly save them all, you can't even save one-tenth of them.
thank you ginger. i have read this every day for the past 18 months, since you first sent it to me.
it has been a terrific help keeping things in perspective for me. sometimes i have to "settle" for making a difference to one,sometimes none. i have learned that all i can do is my best. i try it again the 