About a hundred years ago, a man looked at the morning newspaper and to his surprise and horror, read his name in the obituary column. The news papers had reported the death of the wrong person by mistake. His first response was shock. Am I here or there? When he regained his composure, his second thought was to find out what people had said about him. The obituary read, "Dynamite King Dies." And also "He was the merchant of death." This man was the inventor of dynamite and when he read the words "merchant of death," he asked himself a question, "Is this how I am going to be remembered?" He got in touch with his feelings and decided that this was not the way he wanted to be remembered. From that day on, he started working toward peace. His name was Alfred Nobel and he is remembered today by the great Nobel Prize. Just as Alfred Nobel got in touch with his feelings and redefined his values, we should step back and do the same. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? Will you be spoken well of? Will you be remembered with love and respect? Will you be missed?

There was a man taking a morning wa lk at or
the beach. He saw that along with the morning
tide came hundreds of starfish and when the tide
receded, they were left behind and with the
morning sun rays, they would die. The tide was
fresh and the starfish were alive. The man took a
few steps, picked one and threw it into the
water. He did that repeatedly. Right behind him
there was another person who couldn't
understand what this man was doing. He caught
up with him and asked, "What are you doing?
There are hundreds of starfish. How many can
you help? What difference does it make?" This
man did not reply, took two more steps, picked
up another one, threw it into the water, and said,
"It makes a difference to this one."
What difference are we making? Big or small, it
does not matter. If everyone made a small
difference, we'd end up with a big difference,
wouldn't we?