Can One Person REALLY Make a Difference?

Most of us have heard it said that one person can make a difference, but is that REALLY true?

Sometimes we feel too small to count.  We have big dreams, but our efforts seem that they will never equate to the accomplishments that we set out for. We get weighed down with the impossibilities and fall into to a cycle of doubt and discouragement. Many times I believe that this has nothing to do with the "impossibilities" but it is more commonly caused by our thinking. When we think about making a difference, we often see the big picture,  the grand accomplishment. I mean it is huge. Then this happens, a thought (or person) tells you that the big picture is too big for you.  Maybe that seems believable if we are talking changing the world single handedly and only acknowledging change when we feel the job is complete.  If however, we change our thinking and accept that we can make a difference with every action along the way, then we will see that one person really can make a difference.

Here is a story I read recently that describes this concept brilliantly.

A man on the beach where thousands of starfish lay dying in the sun saw a girl  
        tossing them into the sea, one by one.  "Why bother?" he asked.  "You want make much of a difference." Tossing yet another starfish into the sea, the girl said, "I  
        made a difference to that one."

My hope is that we will be empowered to go out and make a difference to that one person or in that one situation and who knows the impact we could see.

Be on the look out for part 2 of this post and see how making a difference in one life could just start a trend!

Shante