“This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” ― Alan Watts

Alan Watts turns the whole work-versus-play argument inside out.

The secret is not to escape responsibility, but to become so present that the border between effort and enjoyment dissolves. A painter disappears into color. A skater becomes the curve of the pavement. A cook stops “making dinner” and begins conducting onions, fire, salt, and time.

Play is not the opposite of serious. Play is serious activity freed from resentment.

The Pope of Love:

Heaven is not the place where the work finally ends.
Heaven arrives when the work begins to dance.