ELIAN.off topic

[Rodney Pritchett]

JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:
> 

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> To my way of thinking to do
> otherwise would place this country at moral peril because we can't take all
> the children of the world who happen to live under political and economic
> circumstances we may deplore. 

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Yep.  But then I remembered this story:

It Matters To This One
(author unknown)

As I walked along the seashore, 
this young boy greeted me.
He was tossing stranded starfish
back to the deep blue sea.

I said, "Tell me why you bother, 
why waste your time this way? 
There's a million stranded starfish, 
does it matter anyway?"

And he said, "It matters to this one,
It deserves a chance to grow.
It matters to this one, 
I can't save them all I know.

But it matters to this one, 
I'll return it to the sea.
It matters to this one, 
and it matters to me."

I walked into the classroom. 
The teacher greeted me.
She was helping Johnny study, 
he was struggling I could see.

I said, "Tell me why you bother, 
why waste your time this way? 
Johnny's only one of millions, 
does it matter anyway?

And she said, "It matters to this one, 
he deserves a chance to grow.
It matters to this one, 
I'll help him be what he can be.
It matters to this one, 
and it matters to me.


Rodney Pritchett
Marietta, GA