"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito."
~ Dalai Lama
This quote may sound familiar, especially if you have been receiving Today's Touchstones for some time. Yesterday was the 2,000th day of sending these messages and sometimes I repeat favorites and timely ones.
I love this quote because it's simple, light and funny yet true. Timely too.
“I am only one, but I am one,” said 19th-century author and Unitarian minister, Edward Everett
Hale. “I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do."
Have you heard the story about the child walking along a shoreline that is covered with beached starfish? If you’re not familiar with it, here’s how it goes:
A
young girl bends down, picks up a starfish and flings it out to sea. She tosses another, another and another. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of starfish lying helpless on the sand, above the tide line. A man walking along that same beach tells the young girl, “You’ll never be able to save them all, so why make the effort? What difference does it make?”
Tossing another starfish out to sea, she answers, "It makes a difference for
that one."
Today, let's consider our interests, talents and concerns and choose our way to make a difference.
With strength and courage,
Charlene
