Quit Plastic. Can you possibly make a difference?

Can I make a difference?
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During my Quit Plastic journalling exercise I have often found myself questioning if one person can make a real difference.
Yes, is always my answer.

I believe each person can spread ripples by not only setting an example, but also by sharing their experience with others, potentially creating a multiplier effect. This notion prompted me to share of these journal pages via different mediums.

When I question whether I can make as difference on this planet I recall the story of The Star Thrower.

A man was walking along a deserted beach at sunset. As he walked he could see a young boy in the distance, as he drew nearer he noticed that the boy kept bending down, picking something up and throwing it into the water.

Time and again he kept hurling things into the ocean.
As the man approached even closer, he was able to see that the boy was picking up starfish that had been washed up on the beach and, one at a time he was throwing them back into the water.

The man asked the boy what he was doing, the boy replied,” I am throwing these washed up starfish back into the ocean, or else they will die through lack of oxygen.
“But”, said the man, “You can’t possibly save them all, there are thousands on this beach, and this must be happening on hundreds of beaches along the coast. You can’t possibly make a difference.”

The boy smiled, bent down and picked up another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied
“Made a difference to that one”

Said to originate from The Star Thrower by Loren Eiselay 1969.

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