| Several years ago a political group I was involved with was working with lobbyists to get a bill passed that would allow children who had been abused to videotape their testimony rather than having to sit in a courtroom facing the accused. At one of our meetings someone gave a speech that I think of all the time, in it he related this story:
A guy is on the beach observing a little boy picking up starfish and throwing them back into the ocean. He approached the boy and asked him why, told him there were too many, it didn't make a difference. The little boy picked one up, threw it in the ocean and said...it matters to that one.
Nineteen days into sobriety that's kind of how I view things. I look at all the things I need to do, wrongs I have to right, apologies I need to make. It can be overwhelming. But each day that I do not pick up a drink matters. Today matters! |