Horace's Philosophy Of Life

In our modern era, people live in a constantly a state of scheming and forethought. The constant planning is vital since it allows us to save time and money. People invest so much time planning and organizing their future that they forget to live in the “now.” People believe that they will achieve happiness when they buy their next vehicle, a new phone, or a home. However, it is not until they finally possess the new and trendy items, that people realize that those items were not enough. Thus, people are in a vicious cycle where the individual needs to work in order to purchase and achieve material things believing that it provides happiness. However, this cycle never ends; whereas, it is just a false sense of happiness and instant gratification. …show more content…
It is necessary to enjoy the life and to choose the best things to it. The valuable things of the life are composed of physical, mental, and spiritual pleasures. This concept of enjoying the life is based on sensations; the most agreeable or most pleasant in five senses. An example would be enjoying an exquisite glass of wine or an exceptional piece of music that transport the person to a magic moment and this individual achieves some awakening of his or her senses. In one occasion, during a wine course, I asked the sommelier about the best wine that he showed me. At that moment, he responded: "the best wine will be one which wakes up more than one sense in you.” On that occasion, I did not understand the meaning of that phrase. I was thinking, like many other people, that the best wine was the most recognized or costly. With the passing of the years, I discovered the meaning of that phrase. I learned that the best wine would be one that identifies with my mood, explains its making process, and waking up several of my senses. It is taking everything good that this attached wine offer. To me, that moment represented what was enjoying the life and remained caught in my …show more content…
That is why people see so many offers in the art of the divination across the mass media and social networks. The desire of the man for knowing its future is commercialized and dominated by the laws of the market: if there is an offer, it is because there is a demand. Let us be advantageous the day, then. Let us do today everything what will be favorable for our life, but moderate, with restraint, per Horacio in his work: between the best thing that the life can offer us in all its aspects, let us choose the most valuable thing, that leaves invaluable experiences to us, be already corporal, mental, or