Thursday, July 10, 2008

Give me a Break(The Starfish)


Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore.

As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.

As he got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?"

The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean." "I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?" "The sun is up, and the tide is going out, and if I don't throw them in they'll die."

"But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach, and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"

The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."

There is something very special in each and every one of us. We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference, and if we can become aware of that gift, we gain through the strength of our visions the power to shape the future.

We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our stars wisely and well, the world will be blessed.


All the Best all my friends ...hunt for the starfish ur looking for...urs..hemu..



18 comments:

sowmya said...

nice story....
from now onwards i will start hunting starfish

Priya Joyce said...

rightly said.
gud post
inspirational indeed.

Keshi said...

Great story...great msg!

Keshi.

prajyot said...

starfish i have just seen on tv..never saw in actual..

"chaal hemant,aao dhunde starfish"

Jessica said...

good post...and so true. :)

Hemanth Potluri said...

@sow

Sure we will hunt for it ...

@priya..

i was struck by the ans which the person gave it was truly inspirational...

@Keshi

:)

@prajyot..

lets try for one in goa beach..

@Jessica..

Thnks Jessica :)

Sameera Ansari said...

That was very inspiring!

As the saying goes,"Little drops of water make a might ocean" :)

Sameera Ansari said...

*mighty

Keshi said...

come n read my reply to u :)

Keshi.

Keshi said...

lol tnxx Hemu!

I'll reply to ya soon.

Keshi.

Anonymous said...

Hey thanks hemanth for dropping by....I am still surfing ur blog...u have got one interesting blog here...wll come back once I finish reading it

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Priya Joyce said...

wen is the new post gonna come.

Saranya S said...

Very nice post with a good message. Is this from ur own or got from somewhere? Good writing. Keep up

sowmya said...

hemu from tomorrow onwards shall v start hunting for it?

Anindita said...

Awww... That was such a sweet story.. And the message in it was awesome! :)

Cheers. ^_^

joie de vivre said...

nice story...
i havent seen star fish...but i wish to see now!!

Pinku said...

hey!

that was uber sweet!!! but I am wondering if its easy to catch a star fish...

I think u have just given me a reason to demand a beach holiday from my husband...

keep smiling :)