Noticing and awe, recognizing things that are greater than us, cosmic appreciation, aka sources of happiness and meaning that aren't the earthly concerns of job + family, are shame-inspiring? need a ritual in order to experience them?:
Rituals "open up a space in which to host thought that I would otherwise find silly or ridiculous: a voiceless awe at the passing of time. The way everything stays the same. The way those things are bigger than I am, and more than I can hold."