Perseverance Against Great Odds

“A little girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up on during a terrible storm. When she came to a starfish she would pick it up and throw it back into the ocean. She had been doing this for a long time when a man approached her and said, “Why are you doing this? Look at the beach, you couldn’t possibly save all these starfish. You can’t even begin to make a difference.” The little girl thought about it for a moment then bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it into the ocean as far as she could. Then she looked up at the man and said, “Well, I made a difference to that one.” The man looked down at her, thinking about what she had just said, and began helping the little girl throw the starfish back into the ocean. Soon, many others on the beach joined in and all the starfish were returned to the ocean.” – an adaptation from the Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley

Working on the front lines of the pro-life movement can be defeating sometimes. At the end of the day it’s hard to hear the other interns say they had seven or eight women change their mind on abortion while I only witnessed two or three. It makes you wonder what could I have done differently or who could I have reached out a little farther to? Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that the glass is half full instead of looking at it half empty. But like the little girl persevering against great odds to save the starfish we, the EMC interns, persevere against great odds to stop a culture of death. Everyday, we fight to save the lives of innocent children who, before us, would not have had a future. Every time we shed light on the lies abortion tells us we make a difference.