Note that the word ‘sapiens’ itself is the present participle – indicating unfolding in the present moment – of the Latin verb ‘sacred”, to know, to taste, to perceive, to be wise.
Paying attention and atunement to these cycles of nature, of the day and of the hours and the seasons, long before there were clocks and calendars to mark the passage of time, were critical to survival.

pp. 145-146, Coming to Our Senses, Jon Kabat-Zinn