Dear Helcat:

I would think that anything that would coax children out of a burning house is skillful.   “Perhaps fun is a happy side effect… Buddhism would include… being open to happiness and fun” – when I posted to you last, the thought of fun as an option occurred to me, and that by itself made me feel free of the stress I experienced just before that thought. We have to believe that something is an option for us, that something is possible for us, or available to us, before we can feel/ experience it.

anita