We talk so much about the wealth and the riches that become available to us once we learn that we create our world with our thoughts, and once we go into action doing that. I've always said that it makes us better overall, because we become more actualized. We think more of others when we've got more resources; it's just a natural thing. We have more freedom to do that.

I'm reminded of a story I once heard, I can't remember who told me the story, but I do remember that it was called "The Star Thrower." I might have actually heard it from someone else telling it second-hand.

Basically the story goes like this--and apply it to yourself, because it really makes a difference... It says that whatever good you do, even if you can't save the world, is a benefit.

There's an old man out on the beach, walking up and down and stopping occasionally. There are just fields and fields of starfish lying on the beach. Well, the sun's beginning to come up, and the tide's going out; so those starfish that didn't get back into the water are going to die. And this elderly gentleman, at a not-too-hurried pace, is grabbing them one-by-one and throwing them back into the water.

A young buck comes running down the beach, getting his exercise in in the morning before he goes into work. He sees what the old man is doing, and he says,

"Old man, what are you doing? There must be literally millions just on this one little three-mile stretch of beach here! You can't make any difference in what you're doing."

And the old man, not listening to him--or should I say, not answering him, apparently not listening to him--bends down, never breaking his stride. He picks up a starfish, twirls it back into the sea, and says,

"Young buck, it meant a lot to that one!"

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