Self-sufficiency is dandy, and necessary for all functioning Rhinos. However, from time to time one of Us will disconnect from Common Sense, neglecting the calls of Kin and Nature.
We delight in whimsical eccentricities, but untempered, they can become ridiculous.
No. Rhinos are not obstinate. We are decisive, which is a whole other business entirely. Ask Anybody.
Rhinos need to go to where the plants are if We want dinner. We do, so off We set.
Some people think plants are stationary, but that’s not entirely so. Give them a while and only Nature knows where they have migrated. Plants do not amble, it’s true, but they get around, all the same.
Then We go find them and gobble them up.
A Rhino Rule of Relativity is: The more beautifully wrapped the Unsolicited Advice is, the less likely the Recipient is to want it.
Rhino Moms are attentive to their Tots. So extremely attentive are they, that their Tots often feel the Free Will Statutes have been revoked, at least in their individual case.
At times such as these Tots haul out their Marionette Imitations, to entertain their Moms, who occasionally get the point, and lighten up.
One thing about ruts is, We make them for ourselves. Like it or not, here We are, not only wearing a trench in the universe, but resigned to it.
Every life has patterns that repeat. But prancing works just as well as plodding for getting from one part of wherever to another.
The trick is reminding oneself to skip.
Serenity is not always easy. Rhinos embody Poise naturally, it’s true, but there are moments when We are seized by an irrepressible need to giggle or guffaw. Out of nowhere comes a burst of mirth which will not be denied. Contrary to good taste and self-possession, We are reduced to giggling.
Heaven knows, Rhinos understand decorum. Unfortunately, the more Serious and Important the occasion, the greater the hazard factor. We wrestle, We quake, We repress, but no, the cork flies out of the bottle!
We fizz.
In the Pantry of Character Traits some things are more generously supplied than others.
For instance, We Rhinos are always running short on Patience.
Your Inner Rhino wishes you a fine celebration of yourself, this month and every month. Yes, We do.
There are conspicuously few Rhino Commercial Enterprises, mostly because We cannot make change. It may seem an incidental aspect of the profit mechanism, but believe Us, it is Prohibitive.
Ask anybody.
Your Inner Rhino 