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The Altar of Years

Most of my flying now
is restricted to planes,
feet less able to 
“trip the life fantastic” -- 

age having slowed fast living
to delayed starts and early
finishes – 

joining the genuflecting
lines, many of us
striving for sainthood
in latter years, fingering
rosaries – chanting on knees

converts 
at Altar of years….

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Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 10/5/2023 11:31:00 PM Love the way you expressed this beautiful poem, Joe. The title is also very nice! Blessings Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 10/6/2023 6:30:00 AM Thank you so much, Evelyn; your support means a lot to me. Blessings.

Timothy Ray Date: 10/5/2023 11:09:00 PM ahhh when the dust has settled indeed...grateful i survived me....as mom always said, your past is not who you are, it is your future who you have become. choose your path wisely, it will be who you are remembered....enjoyed the walk with you Joe... Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 10/6/2023 6:29:00 AM Wise mom! Oh had I listened to mine, more often and more keenly! Blessings my friend.

The Situation Date: 10/5/2023 6:57:00 PM Getting hit the same way. We need not be sainted we already are. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 10/5/2023 7:01:00 PM Absolutely! God loves us totally. Recognizes only the eternal in us. Thank you, TS. Blessings.

Bill Baker Date: 10/5/2023 4:47:00 PM Age can be quite the blessings, Joe. As we age, we get a fuller perspective on life and at some point, we begin to see more clearly. We see both the good and the bad we have contributed to life and an alter is almost always needed to make peace with our soul. Thanks for sharing this soulful poem, my friend. May peace and joy be with you all the days of your life. Bill Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 10/5/2023 6:52:00 PM Thank you, Bill; indeed, years of experience can make us wiser. Blessings my friend. For sure, prayer, meditation is essential for holy communion.

Silent One Date: 10/5/2023 1:24:00 PM This is a very clever analogy.. You have a way with words.. a most intelligent poet. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 10/5/2023 3:29:00 PM Hi Si; thank you my friend. Have a great day!

Tom Woody Date: 10/5/2023 10:02:00 AM Ha! I thought of the many so-called reformed rock stars. Stevie Nicks come to mind. Sadly, some didn't live long enough to repent on the altar of years Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 10/5/2023 3:33:00 PM They will have other chances. Blessings my friend. God would not make a creation, give it free-will, knowing that some will make mistakes for they are humanly fallible..and then have them suffer for an eternity in eternal fires because they blew it. I could not do such a hideously, unfair thing, especially to my own children -- and I know God is infinitely more graceful and loving than I am.

Vijay Pandit Date: 10/5/2023 9:30:00 AM age having slowed fast living to delayed starts and early finishes--so profound my friend--one can easily relate as we age with wisdom. A time for reflection leads to heavenly thoughts! Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 10/5/2023 9:35:00 AM Hi Vijay; profound comment. If there was no aging (forever strong and youthful), no trials and errors, no illness and suffering...sadly, there would be very little faith and healthful restraint. Not God's first choice for humanity I lovingly surmise. Blessings my friend.

Victor Buhagiar Date: 10/5/2023 1:33:00 AM Better late than never. We should all strive for heavenly bliss. Blessings. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 10/5/2023 7:32:00 AM Thank you, Victor. For sure, never let the past nor present circumstances delay hope and spiritual progress -- God never allows suffering for punishment. The fires of hell are fires of purification. He gives us the choice and duration. All in our own hands. Free Will. The way I see it, anyway. None of this makes sense without the concepts of reincarnation and Karma. Blessings my friend.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/4/2023 11:26:00 AM The spirit of it is we see the necessity of the spiritual more, today, as our older selves. We are all saints when we’ve given ourselves to Jesus. We love more the folding of hands in meditation of His glory, genuflecting in humbleness as a necessity to attain His beyond belief favor, though not one of us deserve it. God is so good. Bless you! Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 10/4/2023 11:43:00 AM Well said, Kim; blessings my friend.