According to Martha Beck:
"...So despite our
pathetically infantile teeth, claws, skeletons, and musculature, we
dominate other species the way Peter Pan dominated Captain Hook: simply
by refusing to grow up. We've proliferated and thrived because we
never stop playing, and the way to cope with the increasing complexity
of the wild new world is to play more. Yet most of us adult humans tell
ourselves that playing is "leisure time" activity, not to be confused
with "productive work" nor taken to excess. This will have to change as
we adopt a new, Earth-healing consciousness. In fact I think we'd be
far better off if we did virtually nothing but play. When I train
coaches, I suggest that they eliminate the word "work" from their
vocabulary and substitute "play" instead. What I'm doing now is
wordplay. I try to play hard, and sometimes I play long hours. Some
people would say I play too much, but what can I say -- it plays for
me..."
-- from Finding Your Way in a Wild New World, by Martha Beck
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