Guru, What is the best direction to face when one is about to reach half a century? And I don't mean in a game of cricket.

Half a century is like half of anything, it is a fractured, divided segment, a piece of the whole. The only possible thing to do is some gluing. You need to fuse various remnants together, and make a whole. Whether this involves cooking, drawing, physical fixing, building, sewing or planning. Guru Goffman is all about voodoo, and your own configuration of the sacred.
The direction you face will always be forward, as this is inevitable for a human. Time waits for no-one.