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Lighten the burden of others

Lighten the burden of others

Hi Everyone

Here is a little story of how important it is to never give up on someone with a mental illness

A young man was walking along the beach at dawn. Ahead of him he saw an old man picking up starfish

and tossing them into the waves. At last the young man caught up with the old the old man and asked him,

why are you doing that ? The old man explained that when the sun came up, the starfish abandoned on the

sands would die. But the beach goes on for thousands of kilometres there are millions of starfish on the beach

How can your efforts make a difference, old man? The old man looked at the little starfish in his hand. As he

tossed it into the waves , he replied ' it makes a difference to this one.......

Take Care

Polar Shift

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its a nice story, thank you for sharing 🙂 I've read that a few times, its good to be reminded.

LJ

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Re: Lighten the burden of others

Wow, thank you @Polarshift, what a powerful story, it is so true!!!!!!!

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Re: Lighten the burden of others

"cool".... Yes even a little effort can make a difference. ...,that starfish may have hundreds of babies over its lifetime...every bit counts :-))
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