Unfortunately, in our society we tend to equate play with frivolity and irresponsibility. There certainly is play that is like that, but such play is usually a form of escape and disconnection from the world. True play, such as we see children engaging in, is the opposite: it takes them into the world in a way that honors imagination and the power of the moment to reveal new and unexpected things; it is an encounter that opens the door for emergence. It connects them with what is and with what might or could be. True play is a doorway into the future and into possibility and newness...

Play can be loving and wise; indeed, love and wisdom are at heart playful.

David Spangler, A Pilgrim in Aquarius