An Anniversary is an occassion on which, if you go back to the hotel where you had our honeymoon 25 years before, you might find that it is rundown, too.
An Appointment is a waste of time because being early wastes yours and being late wastes the other person's.
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.
14 concepts in this pillow book.