Playful spirits

I have been thinking about how incredibly comfortable I feel being here-and being myself. So many people, of all ages, are open and playful. It's normal to do goofy things, if you choose, and many people will gladly fall right into a funny scenario with you. Its not like the campus is sophomoric, because it is not. A good example of this playful Omega experience is this: one of the full time staffers made a "pony" by putting a child's hobby horse head into a spray bottle which happens to perfectly fit into our golf cart's cup holder (many departments use carts to do their work). Sometimes my office, Guest Services will ask Tony if we can borrow the head, and then viola, we have a perfect pony's head looking out as we drive.  For a few days we also had a great pin wheel on the front of the cart. Another example, the hurricane left a large puddle in front of my friend's tent site. So what did he do? He went out and bought 2 rubber ducks to place in the water. That's Omega creativity for you. I was wondering about it-why this joi de vivre is prevalent here. Is it that many people are actively pursuing spiritual practices? That it attracts happy service minded individuals? The mix of young college age people up to people in their 60's? Maybe all of that and more. Those of you reading this who have been living and or working with me lately know I live to laugh-so I picked a good spot right!