I took a moment to thank Mayor Brown, Paul Crawford and Betzy Santiago for their support of the NFC anniversary. At the end of my message I stated. It Matters. Ms. Santiago took time to share with me a story as she encouraged me to keep doing what you do... it does matter! I was moved to share it... someone may need the boost. A Single Starfish Loren Eiseley On making a difference... One day an old man was walking along the beach. It was low tide, and the sand was littered with thousands of stranded starfish that the water had carried in and then left behind. The man began walking very carefully so as not to step on any of the beautiful creatures. Since the animals still seemed to be alive, he considered picking some of them up and putting them back in the water, where they could resume their lives. The man knew the starfish would die if left on the beachs dry sand but he reasoned that he could not possibly help them all, so he chose to do nothing and continued walking. Soon afterward, the man came upon a small child on the beach who was frantically throwing one starfish after another back into the sea. The old man stopped and asked the child, What are you doing? Im saving the starfish, the child replied. Why waste your time?... There are so many you cant save them all so what does is matter? argued the man. Without hesitation, the child picked up another starfish and tossed the starfish back into the water... It matters to this one, the child explained.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:38:01 +0000
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