FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ February 13 2005

chaplaincare.navy.mil ^ | Guest Military Chaplain

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

 

 

 

 

HOW BIG IS ONE?

As a man walked a desolate beach one cold, gray morning he began to see another figure, far in the distance. Slowly the two approached each other, and he could make out a local native who kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he hurled things
into the ocean.

As the distance between them continued to narrow, the man could see that the native was picking up starfish that had been washed upon the beach and, one at a time, was throwing them
back into the water.

Puzzled, the man approached the native and asked what he was doing. "I'm throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it's low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don't throw them back into the sea, they'll die up here from lack of oxygen."

"But there must be thousands of starfish on this beach," the man replied. "You can't possibly get to all of them. There are just too many. And this same thing is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can't you see that you can't possibly make a difference?"

The local native 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!"

Each of us is but one person: limited, burdened with our own cares and responsibilities. We may feel there is so much to be done, and we have so little to give. We're usually short of everything, especially time and money. When we leave this shore, there will still be millions of starfish stranded on the beach. Maybe we can't change the whole world, but there isn't one of us who can't help change one person's whole world. One at a time.
We can make a difference.

Guest Military Chaplain

 

 

 

 

[mylife]

Your Poppa wh00p you at pool again?

Hello Ms B

[HopeandGlory]

You betcha

Goodnight Sweetpea!!!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

He kinda had a tough day my....
His walking is getting really bad...
He got in a few good shots...but kinda faded early..
So I asked him to sit and coach me at pool,
which he did and seemed to enjoy being asked...
Ms.B

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sticks tomorrow? Didja let Poppa win? LOL!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Yep!
Sticks tomorrow!
Double checked report time, 12 noon!
and it's only 15 mins from here!
;0)
Ms.B

[mylife]

Im sorry to hear that he is having difficulty.

Your a good daughter Ms B

[MS.BEHAVIN]

This is my boy, Jake...

I had to hitch him to his run to take the photo,

can't handle him and the camera at the same time!

This handsome fellow is 1/2 Great Dane, and 1/2 Boxer,

and he's a beautiful brindle boy, and a big galoot!

[mylife]

You mean a big shambling galoot!

He's a pretty boy

[uncleshag]

Howdy MS.B!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hey Ms.B!

Jake is a beauty. He looks like he is rarin' to go!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thank you kindly, my...
It is hard to watch him go through this...
Ms.B

[uncleshag]

My Funny Valentine
Elvis Costello

[AZamericonnie]

Ms. B~ Jakes a cutie! He looks like the kinda pup that would knock ya over & flood your face with kisses given half a chance! Half Dane...I can only imagine your chow bill's! *L* Thanks for sharing...

[mylife]

I know it dear
I know its hard on you as well.

[uncleshag]

Thanks!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

He's a big shambling galoot alright!
He drags me all over the place!
He's stong as an Ox!
I love him dearly, LOL...
He's asleep at my feet right now..snoring!
Ms.B

[uncleshag]

He looks like he coud pull Moxie out of a snow drift!

[uncleshag]

Hey Ma!

[uncleshag]

Mine