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You will see the pools of stagnant water frozen through the winter, while the little running streams are bounding along between fringes of icy gems. Why is this? The streams have something else to do than to stand still and be frozen up. Be you like them. Keep your heart warm by feeling for others, and your powers active by work done in earnest.

JOHN HALL.

The point

Stay active in love and work so your heart does not grow cold, like a moving stream that never freezes.

Audience
ChildrenYouth
Tone
Inspirational · Poetic
To tell aloud
under a minute · 64 words
Subjects
ServiceWarmthCompassionDiligenceActivity

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