In the Bible we are told of two life-journey number codes. The most common is that when “man [sic] lives by bread alone” we live for “3 score years and 10”, which is 70 years. And by living by bread alone this can be seen as a metaphor for living purely a material-based life.
However, there’s another code which speaks of the spiritual aspect of life and is referred to as the 4 seasons of life. Spring which takes us from birth to 21, at which time we get the “keys to the door” and enter a brand new phase of life. Well that was how it was in by-gone days before 30 become the new 20; and 50 become the new 40 and so on.
Then comes the summer of our years from 21-42. 42 being 2 x 21. Our period of major growth and flourishing. Next are our autumn years – 42-63. And interestingly, it’s around the end of our summer years and the beginning of our autumn – around our early 40s – that we might experience our so-called mid-life crises.
The final quarter of this spiritual Biblical metaphor – our Winter years between 63-84 – is when we have some major choices to make.
Choice #1
If we have spent our lives up to that age living by bread alone. In other words, living a purely materialistic life, chances are we’ll reach retirement age around 65, and stop!
Stop everything!
That is but one choice available to us.
And so as our life has been our work and we no longer have any work – then we no longer have any life. And it’s for this reason that so many people who just “stop!” when they retire, die soon after. Probably about the age of 70; or 3 score years and 10.
However, for those of us who have been living a spiritual life, when we are able to “retire” our life is just beginning. Because now we have so much more time to devote to exploring our spiritual journey, and all that that entails for us.
Choice #2
Choice number 2, is that even those who have lived by bread alone until they retire, still have this second option. And that is, instead of stopping because their life was their work and they now have no work; they can now begin a brand new life by beginning their spiritual journey.
Taking this second option will add some of the most wonderful years that have ever experienced in their lives before.
What choices will you make?
Click on the heading at the top of the post and then in the comments box at the bottom of that page, let me know what you think about these choices.
