Mondays are unpredictable for Us Rhinos. Because We have no calendars, We can never be sure when they occur. Somebody will mention it’s Monday, and We will say, “Golly”.
We like this arrangement of Mondays. Somehow, We always feel upbeat when We get the news. Also Tuesdays.
Yellow is the color of Good Times, that’s how Rhinos see it.
Confidence is a fine quality to have, probably. Rhinos are remarkably good at embodying and exuding Confidence. We practice.
Still, We are aware that when We mentally flip the switch to “Confidence”, We stop thinking; We are too busy holding firm to our Ideals, or policies, whatever. Holding the fort.
Confidence should come with a few words of warning attached. Experience can come into play; Confidence can be, or needs to be, shaken, right?
Each and every critter, especially Rhinos, has a Sphere of Influence, often many, referring to the individual impact one gifts to the Cosmos, whether asked to or not.
A Rhino’s importance is not only to itself and its family, but to its community, its biosphere, its species, its location, its place in the Grand Picture.
And what is relaxing about it all, is that no Rhino can calculate its affect for itself. So We can smile and cruise on, Naturally.
Yup, it’s Full Moon time again. This time it’s a Beaver Moon. We don’t remember why.
We don’t think We have mentioned this before, but We want our Readers informed. It’s a good thing to recall that when the moon is full, there is an increased risk of Earthquakes. We kid you not. Look it up.
Obviously Nature likes it that way, although there are rumors of something about ‘plate tectonics’ and the moon’s gravitational pull, however those work. (?) Updates as they come in.
There is an old Russian Proverb that everyone should pick one’s own nose.
Rhinos always thought it referred to a distinguished Profile, but We are informed there is more to it.
Cross-cultural discussions can be confusing.
The Dodo was a large flightless relative of the pigeon, known only on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Exposure to European sailors did them in, and in thirty years, Dodos were all gone. They were not stupid, they were trusting and curious.
Nature is always shifting things around, and in the shuffle, many species disappear. It is a Natural process, We think. Then everything gets recalibrated.
The Rhino Day will doubtless come. Or perhaps it’s here. The possibility exists for every species.
As far as any Rhino can say, Heraclitus had a lot to say, probably more than We can grasp. A lot of contradictions, but two views are always better than one, right?
What We have taken from Heraclitus is that We, and everything else, are always in the process of shifting, one form to another, growing, decaying, happy, blue. There is no true Stasis. The pace may vary widely, but Change is ongoing.
Rhinos don’t need to prove anything to ourselves. We take things minute by minute; it works for Us, whoever and whatever We are becoming.
RhinoPrecepts are ideas that run below the surface of RhinoLife, ways of thinking that seem essential to maintaining RhinoEquilibrium.
Such an idea is that We Rhinos are here, now. It seems simple, but when We recall that our presence is a Privilege, not an inevitability, it shifts our pondering.
Helps keep Us in perspective.
Day to day, Rhinos are a determined and spunky gang, no doubt about it. That said, in the Larger Picture, Rhinos are as much Nature’s servants as any other living thing. Also, not-living things.
Nature calls the shots, and Everything makes its contribution, according to our design and potential.
Face it: if the sun and moon take marching orders from Nature, why not Rhinos?
Rhinos are a philosophical family, examining the peculiarities of our own history and experience to assess the predictability of Nature.
One thing We have deduced is: Fortune does not favor a good Speller over a not-so-good Speller.
On that topic, it’s a pretty even playing field.
Your Inner Rhino 