I'm reading an amazing book. It's called Take A Load Off Your Heart by Joseph C. Piscatella. One of my favorite parts? Joseph had to have bypass surgery in his early thirties. This guy gets it and really spells out heart disease in an easy way.
This story was the epilogue of his book. It comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul. It's why Joseph writes his books and it's one of the reasons I write this blog. The story is long, so I cut to the chase and gave you the good parts. I hope you still like it.
A man walked down a deserted beach in Mexico. He saw a man walking towards him in the distance. As the man got nearer, he noticed that time and again he bent down, picked something up, and hurled it into the ocean. As the man walked closer still, he noticed the other man was a local native. He was picking up starfish that had washed up on the beach and throwing them back in the water.
The man approached the native and asked what he was doing. The native explained that the starfish had washed up with the tide and if someone didn't throw them back in the water they would die. The man was confused. "There are thousands of starfish on the beach. You can't possibly get to them all. Can't you see that you can't make a difference?"
The native smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish, and threw it back into the sea. He replied, "I made a difference to that one!"
This is why Joseph writes his books. If he helps just one person, he's doing a good job. Isn't that great? Oh, and by the way? Joseph is in his 50's now. He's in great shape. That's quite an accomplishment for someone who had two bypasses in his 30's!
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