Your Story of the leaves reminds me of the boy and the starfish. In which a young boy is walking with his grandfather along the beach. There are starfish washed up on the sand as far as the eye can see. And the boy continuously gently picks up one Starfish at a time and gently tosses them back into the sea. His grandfather stops and asks what difference could it possibly make when there are so many thousands of starfish washed up on the beach. The young boy replies, "it made a difference to that one," as he picks up another starfish and gently tosses it into the sea. May we never forget that even the impact through one conversation with one person, assisting one person, making a phone call to share our opinion, all of these add up and make a difference.
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