Making a difference !

This is a very nice story which I liked the most !

A man was walking along a beach when he saw a woman picking up starfish off the sand and tossing them into the waves. Curious, he asked her what she was doing. The woman replied "When the tide goes out it leaves these starfish stranded on the beach. They will dry up and die before the tide comes back in, so I am throwing them back into the sea where they can live."

The man then asked her "But this beach is miles long and there are hundreds of stranded starfish, many will die before you reach them - do you really think throwing back a few starfish is really going to make a difference?"

The woman just smiled. She picked up a starfish and threw it into the waves. "It certainly makes a difference to this one" she said.

In our day to day life, we come across many things that we consider very difficult to tackle with. There are many poor people, many mentally and physically retarded people, very old people, really needy people, etc. How can we make a difference in their lives ? Is it practical ? Certainly not. There are definitely some limitations.

But can we take inspiration from the above starfish story and step into making difference to at least one really needy person? Don't you think that will certaily make a difference in his/her life ?

Can we donate our valuable eyes to blind person after our death ?
Can we donate our blood ?
Can we adopt one orphan child for his/her education ?
Can we adopt a child completely ?
Can we help someone to start with small business ?

Actually there are many things that we can do .... we need to start with at least one though !