I attended a service today of my fellow Buddhists. We are a Sangha. Buddhist language for a group of like minded practitioners. It was during the Teisho, the equivalent of a sermon, when our teacher offered the following story. The scene is a beach. The tide is out and the beach is full of Starfish. They are far away from the water. They are stuck. They are exposed to the sun and they will die. A young boy enters the scene. He sees the starfish. His compassion moves him to return the...