Alan Watts.

“This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”

Alan Watts (1915–1973) was a British-American writer and speaker known for explaining Buddhist, Taoist and Hindu ideas to Western audiences in a warm, playful way.

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Based in: Chislehurst, Kent, England
Lived: 1915 – 1973
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“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.”
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