MAKING A DIFFERENCE

I had an idea of what to share today, but as I went to write nothing happened. I did what I normally do when that occurs...I asked the angels what the people needed to hear today.

Instantly they reminded me of the following story by naturalist and writer Loren Eiseley.

It helps us to remember that though you may not make a difference to large groups of people, a Light Worker is still a Light Worker when you make a difference to one person.

There was a small town located along a shoreline that a big storm poured through one day and washed millions and millions of starfish to the shore. The next morning the people began to gather on a bridge overlooking the shoreline to witness all the starfish stranded on the sand.

And as the day grew hotter the starfish became more sluggish and soon some began to die. “How awful”, said one onlooker. “How sad”, said another. Everyone agreed it was an indeed a heartbreaking event they were all witnessing. But everyone just stood by and watched and stared as each starfish one by one began to bake and die in the hot sun.

Then one of the spectators noticed an odd event happening in the far distance amongst the defenseless dying stars. Coming into view was a little boy in the midst of all the starfish. They began to focus on the little boy’s unusual behavior. As they looked closer they saw that the boy was, one by one, taking his time to gently and carefully lift a starfish out of the sand with his little sand shovel and throw it back into the ocean.

The onlookers called out to the little boy, “What are you doing?” The boy replied, “I’m trying to throw these starfish back in the ocean”. But the onlookers just gave a patronizing smile and called back out to the little boy saying, “There are millions and millions of them; you can’t possibly make a difference”. But the little boy, not heeding their advice, continued on his mission. He took his little sand shovel and scooped up another starfish and threw it back into the ocean and then replied to them,

“To that one I made a difference!”

Will you be one of the onlookers or will you be a Light Worker making a difference?

Who will you make a difference to today?