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Happiness of heart can never be measured out and bundled up, it's intangible. We keep running after it, grasping for it, and the heat of our running so seldom brings it closer. But now and then there may be a moment. We look at something and know it is good and beautiful. Those moments are happiness.

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Gladys Taber
Age: 80 †
Born: 1899
Born: April 12
Died: 1980
Died: March 11
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Writer
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Gladys Bagg Taber
Never
Moments
Seldom
Beautiful
Closer
May
Heat
Look
Brings
Looks
Happiness
Bundled
Heart
Moment
Intangible
Something
Running
Grasping
Good
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Measured

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