Category Archives: R Life Lessons

In Focus

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6-30 ListenUp

Rhino Education would probably be more productive if We were better at paying attention in the first place.

Each moment is deluged with stimuli, much of it trivial, but still diverting. Here We are, frantically prioritizing our responses, when on comes another onslaught of impressions, rumors, puzzles, scents, etc. So much to evaluate and process! And this only accounts for the time when We are paying attention to anything whatsoever.

It is possible that if We paid attention to one Lesson a day, We might actually learn something concrete. We may never know…

Sharing

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6-26 Advise s'more
Rhinos enjoy many advantages, being Observant, Insightful, and Ingenious. We naturally arrive at many interesting conclusions, each one riveting, especially to the Rhino that had that idea. It is exciting to excel mentally.

The problem is that it misleads Us into wanting to share these Dazzling Conclusions in the form of Advice.

The surprise is that it is so hard to find anyone who wants it, even piping hot.

The Hornpipe Amidships

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6-23 AhoyMaT
Today Your Inner Rhino provides a proverb: “Smooth Seas never made a Seaworthy Sailor”. Rhinos are enthusiastic swabs and like this sort of salty insight.

We generally confine our maritime adventures to dry land. There is a lot more dry land where Rhinos live than there is ocean. Plus more greenery at lunchtime.

As you can imagine, it’s harder to find your sea legs when you have four of them.

in Launch Mode

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6-16Progress
Even Rhinos get sucked into the discussion of Progress, the urge to make everything unique and astonishing. It is a seductive idea. Get on board, and watch those Progressionary Marvels reveal themselves.

But Rhinos find that oftentimes We stride into the future, pumped up and whistling out of tune, only to arrive at the end of the trail, almost precisely where We started. It doesn’t seem entirely fair.

Perhaps Nature isn’t looking to Us to define Progress.

Comeuppance

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6-13Struwwelpeter
Herr Heinrich Hoffmann (whose birthday this was in 1809) wrote Der Struwwelpeter as a gift for his son, back in 1845. It is a collection of short moral tales, merrily pointing out that defiant childlike behavior can have Catastrophic Consequences.

None of the Protagonists in these stories end up happily, so they clearly learn their Lessons, if a bit late in the day.

RhinoTots find these stories bizarre, but they do like them. Inexplicable, kids.

The Almighty Might

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6-9 J&H fl

Adolescence is designed as a time when RYouth can experiment with various personalities, philosophies, facades, mindsets, fads and posturings. The majority are meaningless trials and errors.

Eventually, one or another concept will stick, though there is no guarantee that choice will stand the test of time.

So RMoms are told not to despair, but also not to get their hopes up.