THE FORTIES
When you pass the forties
The body begins to decline;
and stops being at its fullest
With the body in decline
the emotions and the mind
are affected
When you pass the forties
You grant a renewed value
to the faculties and conditions
of youth
Youth is, the time of life
when you can enjoy
of fulfilment and health:
emotional, physical and mental
Youth is a state of fulfilment
and humans
must grant it value
Young people must be aware
that they enjoy the best moment
of their lives
When you pass the forties
You start to foresee
your decline process,
that will inevitably, culminate,
in your death
Each person lives a different
decline process
Some people pass their forties
and remain healthy;
and some people
start to lose health
before they reach forty
When the foreseeing of
your decline is clear
the anticipation of your death
generates a depression
Without being a doctor, I dare to say,
that the organ that regulates health
in the human organism
it is the stomach;
so be careful with what you ingest
Some call this moment of life:
“The crisis of the forties”
or
“The midlife crisis”
For me, the crisis of the forties
did hit me hard;
having been young,
vigorous and very healthy;
foreseeing my decline in health
was a brutal trauma
the mind begins
a purgatory process
and judges the lived memories
In the so-called maturity
other pleasant processes begin:
like:
the love for life
and the search for pleasant moments
If you have been organized like a family
maturity can be accompanied
of motherhood and fatherhood;
and of financial stability,
what allows enjoying
of culture and travelling
When the forties are passed
some themes are revalued,
like:
love and enjoyment of life
love towards dear people
love towards the environment
aesthetics and culture
Maturity in humans is not always
parallel to health
You must find
the strength and faith
to live the future
of the days left
with the best of disposition
When you reach forty
balance and order is sought
harmonious environments and spaces are sought
doctors and hospitals are required
culture and aesthetics are celebrated
When you pass the forties
you lose a little libido
but relationships that
have been taken care of are enjoyed
When you pass the forties
You depend more on the
emotional – spiritual - rational
rather than of the physical
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