I just gotta get this off my chest

Life is so funny sometimes. They (whoever "they" are) say that life is what happens when are making plans. At least I think that is what they say. Without getting too deep, I will say this. I have learned many a lesson in my 32 years. Some of them were easier to learn than others. Some lessons hurt so bad that I didn't know if I ever would recover. Well, I did. Here I am. Still learning lessons...and funny enough a few of the lessons are still the same. I heard someone say that God gives you the same lesson over and over until you finally learn it. Here I am, being schooled again. Today I pray that the Lord would guard my heart. Guard it against those things that are trying to take little pieces out of it. Guard it against the tiny chips I am putting into it every day. I also heard that the heart is strongest in the broken places. After mending itself, the heart becomes fortified in the tears and gashes and chips and rips. I wish I could say that it would just be easier to be an island unto myself, but I know myself better than that. It would never work. Who would I talk to? Who would make me laugh until I was on or over the brink of wetting myself. Side note: If you make me laugh to the point of urination, you will never get rid of me. Well, after reading that through, I admit I do feel a little bit better although I have a ways to go...and miles to go before I sleep.