As I walked along the seashore, this young
boy greeted me. He was tossing stranded 
starfish back to the deep blue sea. I said "Tell
why you bother, why you waste your time
this way? There are a million stranded starfish,
does it matter anyway?"

He said, "It matters to this one. It deserves
a chance to grow. It matters to this one, I can't
save them all i know. It matters to this one,
I'll return it to the sea. It matters to this one,
and it matters to me.

I walked into the classroom, the teacher
greeted me. She was helping Johnny study,he
was struggling I could see. I said, "Tell me why
you bother, why you waste your time this way?
Johnny's only one of millions, does it matter anyway?"

She said, "It matters to this one, he
deserves a chance to grow. It matters to this
one, I can't save them all i know. It matters
to this one, I'll help him be what he can be. It
matters to this one, and it matters to me."