Grace and how it enters

Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh said something like this:

"Grace is what enters when we release the illusion that we are in charge of our lives."

I truly relate to this sentiment. I found that once I gave over to allowing Divine intervention to take charge of my life, the state of grace I entered into somehow colored all my past experiences, both pleasurable and painful, into new shades of grace that I had not recognized before. It's as though once grace was embraced, my entire life began to look like a state of grace, even ifI wasn't conscious of the gifts at the time.

For this I am deeply grateful.

Namaste`~,
Connie