I learned a lesson in preventative care today. Today I was in charge of cleaning out the grout lines, and I thought. You know, I’m young, my knees aren’t shot, I’m not going to wear the knee pads while I do this long and tough job. WELL… Things started that way, but I learned soon, that I needed to protect these knees or else I was going to hurt myself, on purpose, because of PRIDE.

So, this is the lesson. If you have a way to protect yourself, do it! Don’t wait till you are crawling around, unable to get up on your own because your knees hurt. I am in such a vulnerable state right now, where I am fragile and hurting. How much of it is because I am doing it to myself? How much of it is because I am not preventing outcomes? How much of it is because I am prideful? When you are struggling, JUST WEAR THE KNEEPADS!