A Little Difference for you...

This post comes after a long time... Heard this story somewhere...

A man was walking down the beach at sunset. As, he walked along, he saw another man in the distance. He noticed this man kept leaning down, picking up something and throwing it out into the water, again and again. As, he approached even closer, he noticed that the man was picking up starfish that had been washed up on the beach. He was throwing them back into the water, one by one.

Puzzled, he approached the man and said, "Good Evening. I was wondering what you are doing."

"I'm throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it's low tide and all these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If, I don't throw them back into the ocean, they'll die up here from lack of oxygen."

"But, there must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You can't possible get to all of them. And, don't you realize this is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can't you see that you can't possibly make a difference?"

The man bent down and picked up yet another starfish, and threw it back into the ocean. With a smile he replied, "Made a difference to that one !!!"

Just remember, no matter how small the deed
it really does make a difference.
Make a difference today.
Do something nice for someone else.

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And he too hears about the treasure that lies below where rainbow ends. The treasure. "This treasure might bring me all I need", he thinks. And he dreams about the rich life after he possesses the treasure. The lavish life. He prepares for this journey. He knows the path is long and dangerous and lonely. But treasure is all he sees infront of him.

Early morning the sun shines from those mountains and the morning breeze freshens the atmosphere. His loved ones try to stop him. "There is no treasure bigger than your family", they say. But he is too determined and knows what would the treasure bring to everyone. He starts running towards the mountains, towards where the rainbow ends. His family and his girlfriend left behind, he is alone running towards the treasure.

His childhood friend sees him running towards the mountain. His friend tries to stop him to ask why he was running in such a hurry. He ignores his friend thinking, 'why is he bothering me, go away now.' His friend starts to run with him and tries to ask about his health and how everything was back home. He ignores this friend and keeps running. After running with him for quite sometime, his friend gives up. And stops.

He runs few more miles and comes to a village. People here are kind enough and want to offer him food, drink, water or whatever he wants to be comfortable at his village. Some try to ask him if he would like to take some rest after this long journey. "Fools", he thinks. "Why in the world would you want to give away something you earned." And he keeps on running.

He is just few miles away from where the rainbow ends. He stops. He knows what he would do with the treasure. He would build a huge house for himself and his girlfriend and another one close for his parents. And both these houses will have a huge garden where his family would sit below the tree and eat meals. He thinks about the fountain that would be in his garden and the color of the rocks he will be using for his kitchen. And the size of his bedroom and the tub in the bathroom. He dreams and he walks.

He finally reaches the place where rainbow ends and where the treasure should be found. He is elated for he has finally reached this place. He is excited. He jumps and shouts and want to share this with his parents, his girlfriend and his best friend and whole world. But he is all alone. No one to talk to. He feels lonely.

And he looks back. Thinks about his family and girlfriend and all the sacrifices they have made and love they have for him. Thinks about his childhood friend who was there with him all the time. In his sorrows and time when he needed him the most. And no one is with him today. No one to share the treasure he will find. Treasure! He suddenly remembers. He looks here and there. Treasure should be here. He is desperate to see it. He wants it now. He does everything he can and there is no treasure anywhere. And he is sad for there is no treasure.

No one knows what happened to this man. He became so blind for money that he couldn't see the treasure he already found - the realization that no treasure is good enough if there is no one to share it with. And the treasure he already had - his parents, his girlfriend and a friend who was with him whenever he needed him. Hopefully he realized how important it was to have a balance and to care about family and friends.

Watch for first comic strip from Soores on Sunday October 29th 2006.

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Yeh hai Soores

To yeh hai Soores!! Click on the image above!
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Soores kaun hai??

Soores! Aaisa lagta hai ki Soores apna bahut puraana dost hai... jab se hosh sambhaala hai tab se ye Soores kahin na kahin takaraata raha hai...

Soores was with me in my school but I came to know him better after we got admitted in Engineering School. Schooling and Engineering with Soores was great fun! He had his own views, his own ways to look at life.

As I sent across the message about finding Soores back I was surprised by the response. People might not take time to say hello, but for Soores, everyone was curious. People wanted to know where is Soores and what is he doing these days. It was a realization that Soores is a person of huge charisma.

People were guessing. Who is Soores? Soores kaun hai? Me? Nope! I am not Soores. And neither is Soores fake. Soores is as real as anyone else.

Who is Soores? Now how do I explain! It is like asking Who is Amitabh? Or who is Bush or who is Mickey Mouse for that matter! Soores is Soores as Amitabh is Amitabh! and Bush is Bush and Mickey is Mickey!

Nothing more to say! All I can do is post his picture. And this is all I can say, " Soores is in this photograph, he is close to me (not in photograph, but in real life). " Until I find his better picture... kindly adjust.




Update: Soores is now available at soores.blogspot.com



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