Monday, February 21, 2011

Where in the world are you?

Some days the complexity of the human condition is so overwhelming that comprehending how our small individual contribution matters, remains hidden.

Remember the story of the little boy throwing starfish back into the ocean? The beach is littered with the creatures for as far as the eye could see. The old man walks up to the boy and chastises him, "You're wasting your time. There are too many of them. You're not going to make a difference."

The little boy pauses and holding up his next soon to be far flung friend replies, "It matters to this one."

Individually we can't feed all the world's homeless, but what if each of us fed just one homeless person for a year... and then another, and another, and so on and so on...

A feat is laid before us. One yes and the ball starts rolling.

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