<em>Mentsch tracht, Gott lacht.</em>

There have been numerous versions of this Yiddish proverb, but this one is my favorite.

"Man plans, God laughs."

<a href="http://mikerappaport.net/onevoice/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/heart-breaking.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-930" title="heart-breaking" src="http://mikerappaport.net/onevoice/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/heart-breaking.jpg" alt="" width="218" height="176" /></a>Any time you work and work to get your life in order, so that there won't be any nasty surprises, you can figure something will happen to throw off your well-laid plans.