Story #1: All the Difference in The

Story #1: All the Difference in The World

Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my home. There’s a lake located in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the water’s edge with a small metal cage sitting beside her.

This past Sunday my curiosity got the best of me, so I stopped jogging and walked over to her. As I got closer, I realized that the metal cage was in fact a small trap. There were three turtles, unharmed, slowly walking around the base of the trap. She had a fourth turtle in her lap that she was carefully scrubbing with a spongy brush.

“Hello,” I said. “I see you here every Sunday morning. If you don’t mind my nosiness, I’d love to know what you’re doing with these turtles.”

She smiled. “I’m cleaning off their shells,” she replied. “Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae or scum, reduces the turtle’s ability to absorb heat and impedes its ability to swim. It can also corrode and weaken the shell over time.”

“Wow! That’s really nice of you!” I exclaimed.

She went on: “I spend a couple of hours each Sunday morning, relaxing by this lake and helping these little guys out. It’s my own strange way of making a difference.”

“But don’t most freshwater turtles live their whole lives with algae and scum hanging from their shells?” I asked.

“Yep, sadly, they do,” she replied.

I scratched my head. “Well then, don’t you think your time could be better spent? I mean, I think your efforts are kind and all, but there are fresh water turtles living in lakes all around the world. And 99% of these turtles don’t have kind people like you to help them clean off their shells. So, no offense… but how exactly are your localized efforts here truly making a difference?”

The woman giggled aloud. She then looked down at the turtle in her lap, scrubbed off the last piece of algae from its shell, and said, “Sweetie, if this little guy could talk, he’d tell you I just made all the difference in the world.”

The moral: You can change the world – maybe not all at once, but one person, one animal, and one good deed at a time. Wake up every morning and pretend like what you do makes a difference. It does. (Read 29 Gifts.)

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Cerita #1: Semua perbedaan di duniaSetiap minggu pagi aku mengambil cahaya joging di sekitar park di dekat rumah saya. Terdapat sebuah danau yang terletak di salah satu sudut taman. Setiap kali aku berlari oleh Danau ini, aku melihat wanita tua yang sama yang duduk di tepi air dengan kandang logam kecil yang duduk di sampingnya.Ini Minggu terakhir rasa ingin tahu saya mendapatkan yang terbaik dari saya, jadi saya berhenti joging dan berjalan dengannya. Saat aku semakin dekat, saya menyadari bahwa kandang logam adalah perangkap yang kecil. Ada tiga penyu, terluka, perlahan-lahan berjalan di sekitar pangkal perangkap. Dia punya kura-kura keempat di pangkuannya yang dia dengan hati-hati menggosok dengan kuas spons."Hello," kataku. "Saya melihat Anda di sini setiap minggu pagi. Jika Anda tidak keberatan saya nosiness, saya ingin tahu apa yang Anda lakukan dengan kura-kura ini."Dia tersenyum. "Saya membersihkan dari kerang mereka," jawabnya. "Apa pun di cangkang penyu, seperti ganggang atau sampah, mengurangi kura-kura kemampuan untuk menyerap panas dan menghambat kemampuan untuk berenang. Dapat juga menimbulkan korosi dan melemahkan shell dari waktu ke waktu.""Wow! Itu benar-benar baik dari Anda!" Aku berseru.Ia melanjutkan: "Aku menghabiskan beberapa jam setiap minggu pagi, bersantai dengan Danau ini dan membantu orang-orang kecil ini. Ini adalah cara saya sendiri aneh membuat perbedaan.""Tetapi tidak kura-kura air tawar yang paling hidup seluruh hidup mereka dengan ganggang, dan sampah tergantung dari kerang mereka?" Saya bertanya."Ya, sayangnya, mereka lakukan," Dia menjawab.I scratched my head. “Well then, don’t you think your time could be better spent? I mean, I think your efforts are kind and all, but there are fresh water turtles living in lakes all around the world. And 99% of these turtles don’t have kind people like you to help them clean off their shells. So, no offense… but how exactly are your localized efforts here truly making a difference?”The woman giggled aloud. She then looked down at the turtle in her lap, scrubbed off the last piece of algae from its shell, and said, “Sweetie, if this little guy could talk, he’d tell you I just made all the difference in the world.”The moral: You can change the world – maybe not all at once, but one person, one animal, and one good deed at a time. Wake up every morning and pretend like what you do makes a difference. It does. (Read 29 Gifts.)