If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change. Kathleen Norris More Quotes by Kathleen Norris More Quotes From Kathleen Norris Life is easier to take than you think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable and bear the intolerable. Kathleen Norris None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives. Kathleen Norris