Smile Dentalcare sponsors Smile football team in Arusha, Tanzania. Inset Pip Dhariwal and family attending a football match New Year 2021 where sponsorship was given for new team kits for both
teams
THE STARFISH POEM
Once upon a time
there was a wise man
Who used to go to the
ocean to do his writing.
He had a habit of
walking on the beach before he began his work.
One day he was
walking along the shore.
As he looked down the
beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer.
He smiled to himself
to think of someone who would dance to the day.
So he began to walk
faster to catch up.
As he got closer, he
saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore,
Picking up something
and very gently throwing it into the ocean.
As he got closer he
called out,
“Good morning! What
are you doing?”
The young man paused,
looked up and replied,
“Throwing starfish in
the ocean.”
“I guess I should
have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?”
“The sun is up and
the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them in they’ll die.”
“But young man, don’t
you realise that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”
The young man
listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish
And threw it in to
the sea, past the breaking waves and said –