{"id":6079,"date":"2013-01-15T15:01:24","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T15:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/while-wandering-a-deserted-beach-at-dawn-stagnant\/"},"modified":"2013-01-15T15:01:24","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T15:01:24","slug":"while-wandering-a-deserted-beach-at-dawn-stagnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/while-wandering-a-deserted-beach-at-dawn-stagnant\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>While wandering a deserted beach at dawn, stagnant in my work, I saw a man in the distance bending and throwing as he walked the endless stretch toward me. As he came near, I could see that he was throwing starfish, abandoned on the sand by the tide, back into the sea. When he was close enough I asked him why he was working so hard at this strange task. He said that the sun would dry the starfish and they would die. I said to him that I thought he was foolish. There were thousands of starfish on miles and miles of beach. One man alone could never make a difference. He smiled as he picked up the next starfish. Hurling it far into the sea he said, \u201cIt makes a difference for this one.\u201d I abandoned my writing and spent the morning throwing starfish.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'>Loren Eiseley, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaneconsulting.biz\/blog\/2013\/does-the-quality-of-your-content-even-matter-anymore\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Death Knell for Quality Content? \u00bb KANE CONSULTING<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While wandering a deserted beach at dawn, stagnant in my work, I saw a man in the distance bending and throwing as he walked the endless stretch toward me. As he came near, I could see that he was throwing starfish, abandoned on the sand by the tide, back into the sea. 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