Just A Thought - Inspiration

In this fast paced digital age a lot can be lost in translation.  Overwhelmed, digital immigrants like myself can feel abandoned, lost, left behind. As with any new venture you need a helping hand to get in the water when you feel like a fish out of it.  For many students receiving special education services, every day is like this.  It just takes one: each one, reach one, touch one to teach one and change one forever.

The Starfish -- Author unknown
An old man was walking down the beach just before dawn.  In the distance he saw a young man picking up stranded starfish and throwing them back into the sea.  As the old man approached the young man, he asked; "Why do you spend so much energy doing what seems to be a waste of time?"  The young man explained that the stranded starfish would die if left in the morning sun.  "But there must be thousands of beaches and millions of starfish, exclaimed the old man.  "How can your efforts make any difference?"  The young man looked down at the small starfish in his hand and as he threw it to safety in the sea, he said;        
           "It makes a difference to this one!"