The Frightening Mid-Life Crisis Of Forthy Years

Man onsets out of a crisis; the entire adventure from womb to this world; then he needs to experience it repeatedly in numerous instances and appearances throughout his life until the point when he faces the last however most daringly intense one; death. When we are young, we act recklessly though the greater part of us don't recognize it for a fact; we are. We venture in whatever comes our way without the slightest hesitation. Life appears as though a long winding road; an adventure is waiting for us on every turn and we simply hop into it blindfolded with our tinted perceptions. In any case, as we age and the dust of these adventures settles, we enter a monotonous period of life where everything seems still. It appears like working out on a treadmill; where we are always moving, breathlessly running once in a while yet not reaching anywhere. As though the motivation behind existence is just to survive; day in day out. This is the what psychologists called the mid-life crisis or the frightening 40s.

We often hear that forty is the new thirty (or fifty is the new forty); yet whatever we may consider it, at the forties we as a whole reach a point; where we find oneself mature enough to look past the daily ruffles of our lives and put forth an imperative inquiry; "Is this all there is?" or " Is it why I am here?"

The number forty holds certain significance in various cultures and religions. In mystic thought, forty symbolizes ascent from one level to higher; a kind of spiritual awakening. In eastern cultures, individuals grieve for their dearest for forty days. In love, they wait for forty days. When a child born, it takes him forty days to acclimate with the new world. The Noah 's flood took forty days to subside while purifying the earth, consequently empowering people to make a fresh start. The Jesus remained in the wilderness for forty days and forty nights. The Muhammad (PBUH) was forty years old when he got the call to prophethood in the surrender of Hira. Buddha reflected under the linden tree for forty days.

After the age of forty, we enter amazingly another phase of life; where we become more cognizant; awakens spiritually. We gain the ability to look past the trifling issues of life and endeavors to grasp the greater scheme. In short at forty, we have more knowledge, more wisdom, few wrinkles and a touch of silver in our hair. These wrinkles are the maps on our faces that tell where we have been and to what magnificent future we are heading.People may call what happens at midlife 'a crisis,' but it's not. It's an unraveling - a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you're 'supposed' to live. The unraveling is a time when you are challenged by the universe to let go of who you think you are supposed to be and to embrace who you are.