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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
Earvin Magic Johnson
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a small boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, ‘What are you doing?’
The little boy, who was called Tom, replied, ‘I am saving all the starfish that have been stranded on the beach. The surf is up and the tide is going out and if I don’t throw them back, they will die’.
The man looked around and noticed that there were miles and miles of beach and literally thousands of starfish.
He looked at the beach again and then at Tom and said, ‘Well, you won’t make much of a difference, will you?’
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