The morning tide

You guys prolly heard of this story before but am sure not all of you. Please read...


There was a man taking a morning walk at or the
beach. He saw that along with the morning tide
came hundreds of starfish and when the tide
receded, they were left behind and with the
morning sun rays, they would die. The tide was
fresh and the starfish were alive. The man took a
few steps, picked one and threw it into the water.
He did that repeatedly. Right behind him there
was another person who couldn't understand
what this man was doing. He caught up with him
and asked, "What are you doing? There are
hundreds of starfish. How many can you help?
What difference does it make?" This man did not
reply, took two more steps, picked up another
one, threw it into the water, and said, "It makes a
difference to this one."
What difference are we making? Big or small, it
does not matter. If everyone made a small
difference, we'd end up with a big difference,
wouldn't we?