In modern society, many different senses of time get pinned together. Cyclical and repetitive motions (everything from daily breakfast and going to work, to seasonal rituals like festivals, birthdays, vacations, the opening of baseball or cricet seasons) provide a sense of security in a world where the general thrust of progress appears to be ever onwards and upwards into the firmament of the unknown.
站在沒有時間概念的世界往任何一個方向看，一片未知。的確很可怕。重複性的儀式切割出時間與安全感，指出方向，於是新年要快樂。