Applause is a manifestation of faith before a speech, of hope during a speech, and generally, at the end of a speech, it's a sign of charity.
Celebration is a confrontation involving the giving of attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.
Celebration is self-restraint, is attentiveness, is questioning, is meditating, is awaiting, is the step over into the more wakeful glimpse of the wonder - the wonder that a world is worlding around us at all, that there are beings rather than nothing, that things are and we ourselves are in their midst, that we ourselves are and yet barely know who we are, and barely know that we do not know all this.
Celebration is not to be endulged in overly hastily — don't whistle until you're out of the woods.
Celebration is unwise before a thing has ended — Do not praise the day before the nightfall.
Ceremony is used to announce intentions, to express loyalty and to reinforce a sense of identity.
Ceremony is the human way we have to signpost a deal such as a business merger, to trigger off a healthy grief process (such as in divorce or funeral ceremonies), to welcome another human being into the family. So Ceremonies have these excellent effects - they can be used further to announce intentions, to express loyalty and to reinforce a sense of identity.
Ceremony is responsible for assisting people to adjust to change (a marriage ceremony does this for families), to recognizing achievement (a classic example is a graduation ceremony), to relating, to expressing love, and/or to establishing a relationship.
The Compliment is never as good as an insult in this: with compliments, you never know if it's true. With insults, it always comes from the heart.
A Compliment is always appreciated — nobody has ever been bored by someone paying them a compliment.
15 concepts in this pillow book.