Heart Guard

Proverbs 4:23(NLT)

Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.

How does one live out this passage?

Are you supposed to just stop caring about things/people you have cared so much about before?

Are you supposed to just ignore the things you shouldn't let in your heart?

Are you supposed to end friendships that you have had for years?

If so, how could you do that without it affecting your heart?

How would one practically guard their heart?

I am really struggling with trying to understand this lately.

I feel as if I am constantly getting hurt,
and it is by the same people every time.

How does one know who will be a true friend and who won't?

And is it ok to be such good friends with someone for just a season of your life?

Is that what is supposed to happen?

Once you move to a new place, are you supposed to make all new friends?

I thought it was possible to have life-long friends.

I guess few are life-long and most are seasonal..

::sigh::