Just a Bit of Fun

John 10:10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

"For since most of our living is unconscious, play is like matchstrokes in the void, bringing into light the structures we behave by, illuminating for us, however briefly, our deep meanings."
M. C. Richards

"Remember to play after every storm"
11-year-old poet Mattie Stepaneck in Journey Through Heartsongs

"If you never have, you should. These things are fun and fun is good."
Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss

"It takes courage to play in a world that does not play."
Fred Donaldson

"To live is to play at the meaning of life...The upshot of this . . . is that it teaches us once and for all that childlike foolishness is the calling of mature men."
Ernest Becker - The Denial of Death pp. 201-202

"Have fun even if it kills you!"
Howell Norfolk

"We don't stop playing because we turn old, but turn old because we stop playing"
attributed to Satchel Paige

"You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's the real fun of the game."
Dan Dierdorf

"Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious."
Brendan Gill

" When the fun goes out of play, most often so does the learning".
Joanne E. Oppenheim

"To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort."
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

"The word 'silly' derives from the Greek 'selig' meaning 'blessed.' There is something sacred in being able to be silly."
Paul Pearsall in The Heart's Code