“When A Person strives for excellence, the impossible goes from being a fantasy to an inevitability. Ultimately having a mindset of working as if it is all up to oneself and praying like it is all up to God.”
One day, an old man was walking along a beach that was littered with thousands of starfish that had been washed ashore by the high tide.
As he walked he came upon a young boy who was eagerly throwing the starfish back into the ocean, one by one.
Puzzled, 🤔
the man looked at the boy and asked what he was doing.
Without looking up from his task, the boy simply replied, “I’m saving these starfish, Sir”.
The old man chuckled aloud, “Son, there are thousands of starfish and only one of you. What difference can you make?”
The boy picked up a starfish, gently tossed it into the water and
turning to the man, said,
“I made a difference to that one!”
Stories like this make the difference when everyone else tells us to stop.
When everyone else says there is no hope left
Or.......
Stop wasting your time....
Stories like that 👆
I look back at my child hood, the years I was lost in a vicious vortex or addiction and oppression......
I see that I was once , alone lost
One of those starfish
Just waiting for it all to be over...
Following a career path is rather challenging , building a life within companies and succeeding is difficult ,
Yet doable.
Yet, doing something that makes a lasting impact in/on the lives of others
And this also ripples into their circle of influence,
which thus carries that “impact”
Well now.......... that’s tough
Heck it’s even more tough than keeping your mouth shut, even though you know you may be right......
It’s filled with flashing lights and signs that say “STOP, GIVE UP”
And so on
Most of the remarks or statements can even come from those close to us.
Yet even though , people will come along just like that old man.....
Pointing out the “ impossibility Of there being only one of me”
I still push on.
In today’s society and within our immediate paradigm, people are succumbed to a deadly cycle of
Stepping on others , looking out for themselves
Taking and not giving , claiming to be “thankful “ yet they fall into bitterness.....
I still push on......
Simply, I know it may not be much right now........ yet What I do, online and in person reaches people.....
I may not see the immediate change, or benefit that my “labor” made on their behalf......
Yet I know, heck I can even feel it......... it’s doing more than just something.
Although everyone else may tell me no, there’s no point ........ I keep reaching out
Picking up those starfish, those people
One by one.........
Knowing , with each person
I made a difference.........
Even if I was alive for that one day,
I made a difference
That alone is worth it, that alone fans the flame