Sand and imagination

The boys are visiting.  We played baseball and trucks. I dumped a 50-pound bag of sand on the lawn, and we played for hours. Building a four-wheeler mountain road with plastic tools, you step sideward into another reality. 

It is a happy talent to know how to play. Play energizes us and enlivens us. It eases our cares. It renews our natural sense of optimism and opens us up to new possibilities.