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The Story of the SEAstar
The story that inspired the SEAstar Award follows:
Just before dawn, a young man was walking down a deserted beach. In the distance, he saw a frail old man. As he approached the old man, he saw him picking up a sea star that had been stranded on the beach and throwing it back into the sea. The young man gazed in wonder as the old man again and again picked up a small sea star from the sand on the beach and threw it into the water. Finally, he asked, Old man, why do you spend so much energy doing what seems to be a waste of time?
The old man explained that the stranded sea star would die if left out on the beach in the morning sun. But there must be thousands of beaches and millions of sea stars!, exclaimed the young man. “How can you make any difference?
The old man looked down at the small sea star in his hand and as he threw it to the safety of the sea, he said, "I make a difference to this one."