--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 12/21/05 5:17 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Prioritizing money spent. Which is better, spending millions on > > meditation-related activities, or spending millions on activities > > that everyone else spends hundreds of billions on? > > > > Sending a million to Katrina relief sounds great, but its less than > > 1/50,000th of what the US government is already spending. BAD use of > > limited resources to give more money to Katrina victims unless its in > > a way that no-one else is... > > The Starfish > Ka Hôkû Kai > [kah HOH' KOO' kai] > http://hawaiianlanguage.com/shelties/starfish.html > > > Once upon a time, there was a wise kupuna (elder), > who went to the sea to contemplate. > One day, while walking along the shore, > the kupuna looked down the beach, > and saw a gracefully dancing > human figure. > > The kupuna wondered out loud, > "Who would so joyfully greet this day with hula?" > and began to walk faster to catch up. > > Getting closer, > the kupuna saw that the dancer was a keiki (child), > who was not dancing at all. > The keiki was reaching down to the sand to pick up something, > and was very gently throwing it into the sea. > > The kupuna called out to the keiki, > "Aloha! What are you doing?" > > The keiki paused, looked up and replied, > "Throwing starfish into the sea." > > Surprised, the kupuna sputtered, > "II guess I should have asked, > WHY are you throwing starfish into the sea?" > > The keiki smiled brightly, pointed upward and, > with exquisite simplicity, replied, > "The sun is up, the tide is going out. > If I don't throw them in, they will die." > > "But, don't you realize, " asked the kupuna, > "that there are miles and miles of beach > and starfish all along it? > You can't possibly make a difference!" > > The keiki listened politely. > Then bent down, picked up another starfish, > threw it gently into the sea, just beyond the breaking waves, > and exuberantly declared, > "It made a difference for that one." >
But if the beach is loaded with people throwing back starfish, and you know of an isolated cove that no-one goes to where a rare starfish makes its home, which is a better use of your time? Throwing back one in millions, or one in ten? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/