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Throwing Starfish

While wandering a deserted beach at dawn, I saw a man bending and throwing as he walked the endless stretch toward me. As he came near, I could see that he was throwing starfish — abandoned on the sand by the tide — back into the sea.

When he was close enough, I asked him why he was working so hard at this strange task. He said that when the sun arose, it would dry the starfish and they would die.

I told him he was foolish because there were thousands of starfish on miles and miles of beach...one person alone could never make a difference.

He smiled as he picked up the next starfish.

“It makes a difference to this one,” he said,
as he hurled it far into the sea.

I abandoned my writing and spent the morning throwing starfish.

~ Isaac Asimov

A Few of My Favorite Quotes

“Anything that doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”

~Friedrich Nietzsche

“Whether you think you can,
or think you can’t — you’re probably right.”

~Henry Ford

“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life, and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I’ve wanted to do.”

~Georgia O’Keeffe

Quotes of the Day

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.
Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

~Scott Adams

“Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true,
but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife”

~Jonathan Schattke

“It is not enough to have a good mind;
the main thing is to use it well.”

~René Descartes

“It is a mistake to think you can solve
any major problems just with potatoes.”

~Douglas Adams