"When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower." -Alexander den Heijer
NEW THIS FALL!
TEF Meaningful Engagement Classes offered at Shames JCC in Tarrytown beginning September 19th. Read more in The Hudson Independent!
the starfish parable is our guiding belief
Strolling along the edge of the sea, a man catches sight of a young woman who appears to be engaged in a ritual dance. She stoops down, then straightens to her full height, casting her arm out in an arc.
Drawing closer, he sees the beach around her is littered with starfish, and she is throwing them one by one into the sea. He lightly mocks her: “There are stranded starfish as far as the eye can see, for miles up the beach. What difference can saving a few of them possibly make?”
Smiling, she bends down and once more tosses a starfish out over the water, saying serenely, “It certainly makes a difference to this one.”
