A man was walking on the beach and ran into a little boy throwing starfish into the ocean. When the man asked the little boy what he was doing, the little boy explained that the tide had gone out and left the starfish on the shore. They wouldn't survive the day in the sun and if they didn't get back in the water, they would dry out and die.
Amused, the man looked down the beach and noticed that there were thousands of starfish washed up on the shore and they went out as far as the eye could see.
"Little boy, while I appreciate what you are trying to do, there are thousands and thousands of starfish on this beach. You can't possibly make a difference."
Without flinching, the little boy picked up another starfish and threw it back into the ocean. "I made a difference to that one!"
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