Cheerfulness is not a monument to despair but a fountain of

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do not brood over fond hopes unrealized until a chain is fastened on each thought and wound around the heart. Nature intended you to be the fountain-spring of cheerfulness and social life, and not the monument of despair and melancholy.

— A. Helps

A. Helps

The point

Cheerfulness is not a monument to despair but a fountain of life; cultivate joy as nature intended, not melancholy.

Scripture

Proverbs 17:22

Audience

Adults

Tone

Uplifting · Encouraging

To tell aloud

under a minute · 42 words

Subjects

Joy Cheerfulness Attitude

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