FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ February 13 2005

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

1,021 posted on 02/13/2005 9:22:52 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~2/14/05)

To: uncleshag; All

Im out of here as well.

Good night Unc

1,022 posted on 02/13/2005 9:23:35 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)

Get a good 6. Good night and sleep well. Thanks for helping honor and entertain our troops.

1,023 posted on 02/13/2005 9:23:56 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~2/14/05)

To: MS.BEHAVIN; mylife; uncleshag

Ok we have "types with fist (me)
"Types with thumbs" (My)
& "Types without glasses" (Ms B~)
What's your indian name Shag?

1,024 posted on 02/13/2005 9:24:33 PM PST by AZamericonnie

Good night and sleep well, my. Thanks for helping honor and entertain our troops,
and thank you for your service to our country.

1,025 posted on 02/13/2005 9:25:03 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~2/14/05)

To: AZamericonnie

Since Uncs crashing, I vote "types with nose"

Goodnight Connie

1,026 posted on 02/13/2005 9:26:54 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)

To: AZamericonnie

Heap big echo mouth.

Ugh! (Goodnight).

1,027 posted on 02/13/2005 9:27:51 PM PST by uncleshag (.....I'm drawing a blank....)

To: mylife; uncleshag

Good night you two, and God Bless!
Thanks for making the world a nicer place!
Happy Valentines Day!!
Hugs!!!!!
Ms.B

1,028 posted on 02/13/2005 9:33:14 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. Marcus Aurelius)

Most handsome young guy he is, too.

1,029 posted on 02/13/2005 9:56:12 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~2/14/05)

To: Diva Betsy Ross

1,030 posted on 02/13/2005 9:59:38 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~2/14/05)

1,031 posted on 02/13/2005 10:01:05 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~2/14/05)

To: AZamericonnie

Cupig? Cupig? ROTFLMAO!!

1,032 posted on 02/13/2005 10:10:06 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~2/14/05)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Cupig?

Glad you liked. LOL

1,033 posted on 02/13/2005 10:15:12 PM PST by AZamericonnie

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1,034 posted on 02/13/2005 10:53:59 PM PST by windchime (Hillary: "I've always been a preying person")

To: Diva Betsy Ross

Promises, promises. :)

1,035 posted on 02/14/2005 7:22:09 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)

To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Please visit this site if you have a moment.

http://home.att.net/~steven.newton1/Infantry.html

God bless

Steve

1,036 posted on 02/14/2005 2:47:49 PM PST by Steve Newton

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