If we are already middle-aged do we still have enough time to counter our bad karma by practicing bhakti?

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So if we are already say middle aged Then is it too late for us to practice bhakti Or is it that even in this life In whatever say 10, 15, 20 years we have That is enough to counter Whatever bad karma that we have done Our focus when we are practicing bhakti It is devotional It is not calculational We don’t have to have a calculative mentality Will this be enough to counter that We just redirect Our heart’s desire towards Krishna And as I said the point of karma Is not to punish The point of karma is to purify So if Krishna sees that we are diligently Redirecting our desires Then he can save us from all reactions It is like even in our justice system A prisoner, a criminal may be sentenced To a particular say 20 years in jail But the point of the sentence is Not to keep the criminal in 20 years jail The point is to make sure that the criminal reforms If the criminal reforms Then within 10 years also the criminal may be released For good behavior So we can focus on just wholeheartedly Practicing bhakti And not bother about karma so much There is a great saint Kula Shekhar Maharaj He is a Alwar And he says that Don’t worry Don’t worry about There are so many sufferings That are going to come because of my karma Why don’t worry Because That your lord Shridhara Is the enemy of sin He can drive away all sins Just Just give up lethargy And with the easy process of bhakti Start worshipping lord Narayana And that lord That even people who come just for Not for developing a relationship with him Just for gaining things for him He actually satisfies them also If somebody is trying to devote oneself to them Why will he not satisfy He will surely bestow abandoned mercy So it is said that I’ll conclude with this point In the Vishnu Sahasranam We can go for few more minutes So in the Vishnu Sahasranam There are two names of Vishnu that are used Nimisha and Animisha So Nimisha means one who blinks his eyes And Animisha means one who doesn’t blink his eyes So it is described By prominent Acharya Baldevidya Bhushan Who has written a commentary on this He says that Nimisha means While we are trying to serve the lord If we accidentally commit some mistakes The lord blinks his eyes and overlooks those mistakes And if we are trying to serve him Then even the smallest service that we do He unblinkingly knows that service That is Animisha