Meredith Duddy Handt is a New York State Licensed and ASHA Certified Speech-Language Pathologist. She works with children through in-home therapy and evaluation sessions. Her clients are of varying needs; including, but not limited to: articulation, expressive/receptive language, oral motor, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Auditory Processing Disorder.
The man was stuck by the the apparent futility of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to perish. As he approached the person continued the task of picking up starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf.
As he came up to the person he said, "You must be crazy. There are thousands of miles of beach covered with starfish. You can't possibly make a difference." The person looked at the man. He then stooped down and picked up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man and said, "It sure made a difference to that one!"