Lovely idea, this of Loren Eiseley:
As a young boy walked the beach at dawn, he noticed an older man picking up starfish and tossing them into the sea. Catching up with the man, the boy asked why he was doing this. The older man explained that the stranded starfish would die if left in the morning sun.
“But the beach goes on for several miles, and there are millions of starfish,” exclaimed the boy. “How can you possibly make a difference?”
The older man looked at the starfish in his hand and, as he threw it safely back into the sea, said to the young boy, “I will make a difference to that one.”
(Adapted from Loren Eiseley’s The Star Thrower; quoted from page 101 of Up and Out of Poverty, by Philip Kotler and Nancy R. Lee. Prentice Hall, 2009.)
For a brief biography of Loren Eiseley, click here. For images of or relating to Loren Eiseley, click here.
For a brief biography of Philip Kotler, click here. For a brief biography of Nancy R. Lee, click here.
As a young boy walked the beach at dawn, he noticed an older man picking up starfish and tossing them into the sea. Catching up with the man, the boy asked why he was doing this. The older man explained that the stranded starfish would die if left in the morning sun.
“But the beach goes on for several miles, and there are millions of starfish,” exclaimed the boy. “How can you possibly make a difference?”
The older man looked at the starfish in his hand and, as he threw it safely back into the sea, said to the young boy, “I will make a difference to that one.”
(Adapted from Loren Eiseley’s The Star Thrower; quoted from page 101 of Up and Out of Poverty, by Philip Kotler and Nancy R. Lee. Prentice Hall, 2009.)
For a brief biography of Loren Eiseley, click here. For images of or relating to Loren Eiseley, click here.
For a brief biography of Philip Kotler, click here. For a brief biography of Nancy R. Lee, click here.
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