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Story: One Starfish

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0 comments   Add a comment   Contributor:  PT (Aug-10-2011)
Category: Philosophical & Quality of Life

Starfish tossed on the beach by a stormWalking on the beach, a mother and daughter observed thousands of starfish, stranded on the beach after a storm that had just ended.  They felt bad for all the starfish, doomed to suffocate on dry land. Finally the daughter picked up one of the starfish, walked up to the water, and threw the starfish as deeply into the ocean as she could.

Her mother thought for a few moments, and then asked her daughter, "Dear, what difference does that make? Look how many starfish there are still stuck on the beach!".  Her daughter replied, "It made a difference for that starfish!" [this is a classic story illustrating one understanding of compassion, as well as respect and caring for nature - ed.]

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Member: PT (David Alexander) My lifelong pursuit, since age 18, has been to live more fully and find wisdom. This has involved studies with Zen masters, Tai Chi masters, and great psychotherapists while achieving my license as a gestalt therapist and psychoanalyst.

Along the way, I became aware of how the planet is under great stress due to the driven nature of human activity on this planet.

I believe that the advancement of human well-being will reduce societies addictive behaviors, and will thus also help preserve the environment and perhaps slow down the effects of global warming and other major threats to the health of human societies.

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