Dinner with Friends

Dinner could be one meal than can transform your whole day in a matter of 2 hours. When I recently watched a TED conference in Manhattan (through the Web) titled something like “How to change the way we eat” one of the ideas exposed was about the joy around our meal, and especially dinner.

Even not cooking dinner, but, going out to have dinner with friends, still, can be a delightful time where we make our life a happier and healthier one. I realized much of it, last night, when we (my partner and I) went to meet a couple of friends for dinner. The whole “event” for me was an experience, and I wanted to live, again, previously experiences that I had enjoyed with this lovely couple. And, it certainly went well.

I decided to wear very festive Loudmouth pants I purchased for myself over Christmas time, and although technically it is still winter time here in Boston, the night was warm and nice to have and enjoy a glimpse of summer. We picked a nice restaurant in town. Not cheap, not very expensive. We got there, and we salute each other, we order drinks, and then our table is ready. Time to make a choice about what to eat based on what we have on the menu. Our friend Carrie can’t decide. She did eventually. Great meal. Conversations are on, and we talked about many things, but by the end, our friend Jon revealed something we (My partner and I) didn’t know about him, his passion for writing.

And, it is a passion, but somehow, he is stuck with excuses, and we tried to encourage him to go for it. I am trying to encourage myself on a daily basis with my acting (PASSION) career. I think he is going to start working harder for it. And, I will keep an eye on it.

This meal out, in a restaurant, with friends, still became an experience to count for happiness. Yes, I am counting the experiences I am living, and that are making me happy. Going out the 4 of us was about the good time, and relax environment we created in order to enjoy each other and share passions we didn’t know anything about it until last night.

What a way to illuminate my night.

P.S.: I still have hard times writing in English. I love the language, and I have lived in this beautiful country for 19 years, and please forgive me if my writing is a little bit rough to read. On the other hand, it comes from my heart.