Starfish Poem Analysis

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We all have the ability to create change, to change the world around us. Everywhere you look there are opportunities to make a difference. Everywhere you go you have the ability to affect others in small ways that can change their lives forever. It doesn't take a lot of time or energy and won't cost you a thing. From just smiling at someone who walks by, or picking up trash. Even just sharing a laugh with someone can make that person feel included in the world. It is like a domino effect. When someone does it to you, or you see someone doing it, it makes you want to do it back to people. In the Starfish poem, the man is picking up the starfishes on land and throws it back in the water. The other man explains that it won’t help anyone because

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