Little Things, Big Difference 小事情,大差異

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     There was a man taking a morning walk at 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 sunrays, 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.”
     清晨,一個人在海邊散步,他看到早潮帶來了成百上千只海星,潮退時它們被遺落,暴露在晨光下,即將死去。但潮水剛退時,它們依然活著。那人走了幾步,拾起一只海星扔進(jìn)水里,他不斷地重復(fù)這個動作。在他身后的一個人對此十分不解,他走上前問:“你在干什么?這里有成百上千只海星,你能拾多少?拾這幾只對它們來說又有什么區(qū)別呢?”這人沒有回答,他邁了兩步,又拾起一只,扔進(jìn)水里,說:“對這一只來說是有區(qū)別的?!?BR>    【主題闡釋】
    “勿以惡小而為之,勿以善小而不為?!倍嘈行∩贫e大德,難道不是做人的一種美德嗎?如果我們大家都從一點一滴的好事做起,我們的社會和生活將更加美好。