What is serious to men is often very trivial in the sight of God. What in God might appear to us as "play" is perhaps what He himself takes most seriously. At any rate, the Lord plays and diverts Himself in the garden of His creation, and if we could let go of our own obsession with what we think is the meaning of it all, we might be able to hear His call and follow Him in His mysterious cosmic dance.
— Thomas Merton, Whispers of God's Love by Mitch Finley