Counting Starfish: 2020

There is a story about a man who observed a boy throwing starfish that had washed up with the tide back into the ocean. The man asked the boy what he was doing. The boy responded, "I am throwing the starfish back into the ocean so that they do not dry up and die." The man cried, "You cannot possibly throw all these starfish back into the ocean. There are thousands." The boy looked at the starfish in his hand as he threw it gently back into the water. "It mattered to that one."

I am uplifted daily by good and kind moments, received and given. This blog is the story of the starfish that I have had the pleasure to witness being thrown back into the ocean.

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Plowing through Hiccups

This little seven-year-old kid has the hiccups while singing the Australian anthem at an Australia baseball game. I was so worried that he would feel badly afterwards but instead the baseball team gives him supportive high fives afterwards, and the commentator is proud of the kid for plowing through. How different would our most embarrassing moments be if all we ever felt was support? This kid was composed, yes, but the way the team treated him afterward affected his overall experience.

https://www.ksl.com/article/46782521/have-you-seen-this-youngster-fights-through-hiccups-to-sing-australian-national-anthem