When

When I was younger
answers, solutions were
a driving force – How I
would toss and turn, like
a salad mix with dressing,
trying to identify and constitute
the many pieces of entree
unknown -- 

Of course, with age most appetites
are forced to change; for the better,
I am far less a seeker of answers
and more one of interesting questions -- 
having found the unknown easier
to digest, sensing that all is a-flush
in the end.
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Date: 5/26/2025 12:59:00 PM
Very wise take on life, Joe
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/27/2025 4:45:00 PM
Thank you, Andrea; have a great day!
Date: 5/24/2025 10:25:00 PM
We all grow mature with age. Instead of seeking answers, we ask questions to ourselves and find answers through our own experience and try to change for better. Thus instead of relying on others we learn to rely on ourselves. Very wisely and poetically expressed, dear Joe.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/25/2025 6:12:00 AM
Indeed! More about personal attitude...when it comes to being happy in life.
Date: 5/19/2025 7:46:00 PM
Much food for thought here, Joe. Thanks. Yor words have inspired to write a poem tonight. ~ Gershon
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/22/2025 12:24:00 AM
Thank you, Gershon; my words have often inspired me to give up writing:) Blessings my friend.
Date: 5/19/2025 1:21:00 PM
Rigidity when younger...Though not admitted Our driver.' Yet upon attempts to apply its merits We became entangled as im rusted barbed wire.' Rumiations revealing requsite rectitude Joe Dimino.)
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/22/2025 12:25:00 AM
We see through a glass darkly, to quote a great soul. Thank you, Joe.
Date: 5/19/2025 9:10:00 AM
When? Life makes us change. Great work.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/22/2025 12:27:00 AM
Yep, God never does things to hurt us...but, His motivations for change, sometimes~ can be quite unpleasant. Thank you, Victor. Blessings.
Date: 5/17/2025 9:32:00 PM
From one chapter to a new chapter, such is life. I have to agree with the answers vs questions. I ask but usually don't remember the answer.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/18/2025 1:48:00 PM
LoL. I know what you mean. Often race into the next room...and then wonder...now why did I come in here:)
Date: 5/17/2025 5:06:00 AM
Dear Joe, A very wise poem this is and i think with more experience we learn more and change, and as youv said there most appetites too change for better! Brilliant how you've conveyed your thoughts here in such a poetic and creative manner! Sending you light always
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/18/2025 1:49:00 PM
Amazing how smart my father got, as I got older:)
Date: 5/16/2025 7:25:00 AM
- Wiser with age, Joe :) - Great written :) - Have a lovely weekend :) - hugs
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/18/2025 1:50:00 PM
Thank you, Anne; and you have a blessed weekend. Wishing you calm shore and great sunrise.
Date: 5/16/2025 6:24:00 AM
How true this is…the mature move on to asking questions. We enjoy not merely the answers but the seeking, wondering, delightfulness…
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/16/2025 10:03:00 AM
Thank you so much */*/*/*/* (stars and stripes) :)
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/16/2025 6:36:00 AM
And the perpetual immature...like me:)) Thank you, Kim. And thank you again for your blessed Service to our Nation. Navy Blues!
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