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Category Archives: R Life Lessons
One of a Kind
Each Rhino has a Life Story, grand or grotesque. The thing that holds the story together is a Through Line, a core theme which typifies that unique Rhino, first to last.
What’s odd is that most Rhinos have little idea of what their Through Line is. One chapter of the story seems utterly distinct from the former or next chapter. We just bop along, wondering why and how things get out of whack.
Possibly, something could be done to shake up the system, or… possibly not?
A Rose by any other Name…
Mr. Othniel Marsh (b.1831) was a paleontologist, heading the Peabody Museum at Yale. He engaged in the Bone Wars (see YIR Sept. 7, 2017), which did a great deal to promote field research in the West.
Despite his personality, he is accountable for naming over 80 fossil dinosaurs and other critters as well. He used Latin to help him out. Without Mr. Marsh, maybe We’d never know what to call them; Big Whatevers?
Rhinos find it fascinating to imagine a world millions of years before We were even thought of. Jeepers!
Making Connections
Rhinos don’t come with a Maintenance Manual. However it is We work, or whatever is going on inside, in the Wild each Rhino just uses the sense they have, and hopes for the best.
Nature does provide each of Us with a remarkable range of Instincts. Learning to balance and rely on those Instincts takes time and dedication. It is a fund of knowledge which must be honored.
The critter that knows better is often the one that dies young. Sorry, but it’s so.
Monitoring Nature
If you are attentive to Dew and its ways, you will have noticed that all Dew disappears in time, but the side nearer the sun disappears first.
Timing and location somehow come into play. Rhinos feel relatively certain of that.
Close observation is the trick, when dealing with Dew.
The Missing Zinger
“I woulda, coulda, shoulda said ‘X’, which would have baked their biscuit but good!”
Thus begin convoluted internal debates about the response that got away. Rhinos all round the world know this feeling. Grumbly dissatisfaction.
However, it is the thing that We did say that more often leads to Regrets, at least in our humble experience.
The All in All
For every critter, no matter the details of its potential, its Life is the crucial fact of its existence. It does not wish it was something else, like an ostrich or a flounder or a saxophonist. It accepts the range of possibilities of its own family, and rejoices in those.
No critter lives to please any other group of critters. It would be odd if they did.
And what critter is in a position to evaluate another critter? Hmm? Well, what sane critter?
The R Family Unit
Rhino Moms only give birth to one Tot at a time. It takes about 15 months of pregnancy to deliver 100 pounds of Tot. One is a plenty big assignment, both before and after birth.
So all Rhino Tots are ‘only children’ while they are with Mom (2 or 3 years). Later, Mom may have another, but usually the maturing sibling is off to attend to other business.
The Dads are on their way 15 months ago. That’s how We do it.
and Away We Go!!
There is a first time for everything. The more difficult the assignment seems, the less prepared any Rhino will feel.
But one day, with luck, it’s time for the big Ally-Oop, like it or not.
Rhinotation
Successfully fulfilling our Potential is a Demand We must confront hourly. It’s not enough to be born a Rhino; We must keep in practice through constant inspiration, dedication, and application. If We huff and puff a bit, so be it.
Fortunately, Rhinos are supple (at least mentally) so We can work these exercises into our schedules. An exemplary case of Triumph through Effort.
Your Inner Rhino 