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The Starfish Story
One day an old man was walking along the beach. It was low tide, & the sand was littered with thousands of stranded starfish that the water had carried in and then left behind. The man began walking very carefully so as not to step on any of the beautiful creatures. Since the animals still seemed to be alive, he considered picking some of them up & putting them back in the water, where they could resume their lives.
The man knew the starfish would die if left on the beach's dry sand but he reasoned that he could not possibly help them all, so he chose to do nothing & continued walking.
Soon afterward, the man came upon a small child on the beach who was frantically throwing one starfish after another back into the sea. The old man stopped & asked the child, "What are you doing?
"I'm saving the starfish," the child replied.
"Why waste your time?... There are so many you can't save them all so what does is matter?" argued the man. Without hesitation, the child picked up another starfish & tossed the starfish back into the water... "It matters to this one," the child explained.
You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it. Albert Einstein
Real remorse may hurt, but it never lays around wallowing in its own suffering. It rolls up its sleeves & says "What can I do to repair this?". Hippygirl
What lies behind us & what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult - once we truly understand & accept it - then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters. M. Scott Peck
First ask yourself: What is the worst thing that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst. ... When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means – we have everything to gain. Dale Carnegie
Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be. Viktor Frankl
There is no limit to truths. We should be prepared to master all of them. In being prepared to accept any & all truths just as it comes, without trying to change it to suit our needs, we become free of the anxiety that comes from the urge to change & control.
By master I mean receive with our full minds, open & without resistance. It doesn't mean that you know everything. Rather, it means that you may not know anything at all in a situation, but you have become so open to the infinite possibilities that you can approach & accept anything.
Even pain. We have to be just as willing to touch & acknowledge the pain as we are to feel the joy. Why? Because one doesn't exist without the other. Angel Kyodo Williams
Life is a series of natural & spontaneous changes. Don't resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Laozi
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings Bryan
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, & discipline that enabled us to follow through. Zig Ziglar
A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help. Abraham Lincoln
