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February 21, 2010
My Patio insight
Yesterday, to celebrate the fact of reaching yet another birthday (two weeks after the actual date), I went with some friends for dinner at the Patio, a Polish restaurant in Shepherds Bush. It's one of West London's best kept secrets, as they say, and lovely time we had of it.
That life is evanescent and fleeting is not much of a discovery. The march towards the inevitable nothingness is relentless and speeds up as we grow older. But to use that knowledge to enhance our enjoyment of life rather than put a damper on it, is a hard skill to learn.
Yesterday, surrounded by the banter of friends, food of my childhood, and delicious wine ( not to mention shots of vodka served on the house!), life was sweet and my heart filled with warmth and gratitude. Today, that memory is already tinged with a hint of melancholy..
Everything changes and maybe one cannot step into the same river twice, but nothing is going to erase or change the fact that once (even if never again) I felt as I did.
Posted by Marzena at February 21, 2010 07:11 PM