To play so as to be relaxed and refreshed for work is not to play, and…

Alan Watts
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To play so as to be relaxed and refreshed for work is not to play, and no work is well and finely done unless it, too, is a form of play. ✨ Alan Watts (2011). The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, p.89, Souvenir Press
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To play so as to be relaxed and refreshed for work is not to play, and no work is well and finely done unless it, too, is a form of play. ✨ Alan Watts (2011). The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, p.89, Souvenir Press

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