There’s a story about a guy standing on a beach littered with starfish that had been washed up. This was their promised death. It was up to time as to when their last breath would be. Well, one random guy carefully made his way through the starfish clad beach picking up one starfish after another chucking them back into the ocean. After a while, a kid comes up to him and asks, “Why are you doing this?” The guy responds, “Because starfish will die if they’re out of the ocean.” The kid replies, “But there’s thousands. It makes no difference.” In mid throw, the man replies, “It makes a difference to that one.”
I feel like the guy throwing the starfish back. Here we are with 5 campers. The camper to counselor ratio is 1:3. But I am here for each individual student to show them how to cherish and love being outside and to share my life with them. I learn and they learn. Symbiosis.
Let the week begin!!
July 25, 2011
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