Just had a fantastic week of activities and worship in church; lots of kids from the school, adult workshops, all sorts. We had exhibitions, painting, children’s activities; I did a Myers Briggs and Spirituality workshop, and a rather amazing evening workshop and meditation using Sacred Posture body prayer. Lots of people came from all over the place. At the end, one of them gave me a copy of this story:
While walking the beach, a man saw someone in the distance leaning down, picking something up and throwing it into the sea.
As he came closer, he saw thousands of starfish the tide had thrown onto the beach. Unable to return to the ocean during low tide, the starfish were dying. He observed a young boy picking up the starfish one by one and throwing them back into the ocean.
After watching the seemingly futile effort, the observer said, "There must be thousands of starfish on this beach. It would be impossible for you to save all of them. There are simply too many. You can't possibly make a difference."
The young boy smiled as he picked up another starfish and tossed it back into the ocean. "It made a difference to that one," he replied.
The hand-written note at the end said “I am that starfish!”
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