But I also know that as a matter of cold fact the average person does not thus worship or dedicate himself. Theodore Roosevelt sss A man's worship counts for naught, unless his dog and cat are better for it. Shaker Saying How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. When humans participate in ceremony, they enter a sacred space. Everything outside of that space shrivels in importance.
Time takes on a different dimension.
Emotions flow more freely. The bodies of participants become filled with the energy of life, and this energy reaches out and blesses the creation around them. All is made new everything becomes sacred. In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome of all beings and in our worship of Him we should find unspeakable pleasure.