Best single way to appreciate the benefits of adult play — to play oneself. A person's play can be solitary or mutual, imaginative or strictly preset, athletic or stationary. Play benefits the individual and the individual's surroundings. One can feel it.
Play feeds on play. All play researchers seem to agree that once a person knows how to play, it becomes easier to play under other circumstances and at other times of life. Anyone can begin taking a more playful approach. And today is a good day to start.
— Lenore Terr, Beyond Love and Work