YIR is back in action, having done our darnedest to master the Lariat. We are still unclear about the differences between sagebrush and tumbleweed.
Exposure to these herbal issues probably did Us good, but We Rhinos often need a lot of time to process what those enhanced virtues might be.
We did get better at yodeling, cowboy style. We did not get Good; We got Better.
Occasionally YIR gets a note from a Reader, saying that Rhino Ways seem Mysterious. On these occasions We at YIR roll our eyes, given that the entire purpose of ‘Your Inner Rhino’ is to inform, clarify, and relate to our Readers.
Tangentially, it is a fact that We Rhinos find Human Motivation pretty Mysterious now and then. As you can probably imagine.
Solution?: We can all Keep Trying.
Hard to beat the Common Sense of Mr. Franklin, say We Rhinos.
Upbringing has many results, but one of them is all the Rules, Shoulds, and Musts with which We are peppered from the get-go. Many of these Restraints are to keep Us from going Haywire.
Clearly, Rhinos are capable of Big Passions, or the Rules would be unneeded. And Passions are aroused with fearsome speed; Blink and We are in a Titanic Temper.
Thus We Rhinos must deal with Internal Confrontations; the urges to respond Naturally as Vigorous Critters, or to recall our Control Systems. We get all snarled up inside. Frankly, it doesn’t seem quite fair.
Today being Father’s Day, YIR has chosen a different sort of Dad to salute, namely, Herodotus, “The Father of History”.
Herodotus was Greek, born in Persia. Prior to his book, ‘The Histories’ (425 BC), nobody had recorded events hoping to explain why things happened as they did. He traveled widely, and dealt with all sorts of sources, looking for a balanced picture of leaders, peoples, and events. Ingenious.
All history is only as good as your sources, and Herodotus apparently found some comics, among his ‘experts’. We Rhinos notice that nothing much has changed.
Rhinos are a quiet bunch most of the time. It is not that We cannot vocalize, but We pick up most easily via Scent, plus any sound clues We receive.
But We can make Sounds, and do when they want ‘out’. We don’t analyze, We just let the right grunt or squeak or belch get out there. What it lacks in specificity, our system accomplishes in consistency and clarity.
Because We don’t do it all the time, an occasional Yodel feels good.
Your Inner Rhino 