We are all fond of saying we're lifelong learners. The truth is, though, we resist learning new stuff, and are only lifelong learners 'cause we have to be. We're laying on a sunny beach, trying to relax and luxuriate, but the waves keep washing up over us, warping our sand castles, dredging up all kinds of crawly stuff, and generally roughing our smooth. You can adjust, shore up that sand-castle wall, reapply your sunscreen, but there's always another wave.
If you are grimly set on getting back to your relaxing/luxuriating state (an illusion anyway), you will end up frustrated and cursing those waves. Ah, but if you engage the waves, play in them, cheer them as they breach your sandcastle's defenses, wonder at the wiggly critters they bring you, you will have a more rewarding day at the beach.
If play doesn't do it for you, maybe you are more of a surfer, a person who derives satisfaction from a sense of mastery, from staying on top of that wave, running up and down it, riding it in and going after the next one. It's not play, so much as a challenge.
Or maybe you are the lifeguard, hurling yourself into the waves, reckless of your own safety, to rescue some poor soul who is overcome. (I think most of us can identify with this, at least in part.)
I could go on but I think I already have.
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