We thought that perhaps the YIR Reader might assume that Rhinos are outstanding day and night, just as part of the Natural Order.
That is not the case. We have to work at it daily and hourly.
Practice makes perfect.
Category Archives: R Life Lessons
Comeuppance
Goldilocks is a self-serving opportunistic housebreaker with a mighty fine idea of her entitlements; “Just Right!”, indeed! Broken furniture, stolen food, and who knows what other highfalutin’ carryings-on!
In the Wild, such tales make any sensible critter cringe.
In our version the three bears devour Goldilocks. As the Baby Bear says at the End, picking his teeth, Goldilocks was “Juuuuuuuust Right!”.
Developments
We Rhinos transform over time. Sometimes it’s obvious, minute by minute, and other times it takes days or even a week. But whenever We examine the phenomenon, We aren’t who We were when We last took a peek.
It probably is the same thing for grapefruits and glaciers, but We can’t be expected to keep track of Everything. N’est-ce pas?
We leave that sort of surveillance to Nature.
On tippy-toe
Inklings are elusive and unpredictable. All of a sudden, one will make itself known. Whence they come is hazy. Their whole business is mysterious, because inklings don’t get very specific as a general rule. We are munching along, and Whammo!, an Inkling! Of what?, you might ask. Dunno, say We.
They come in many sizes and flavors, but at a certain point of development they morph into Intimations. Or they go into hiding and We can’t recall what it was We were inkled about.
Very tricksy, Inklings.
Clarification
Your Inner Rhino feels the need to make something abundantly clear: This is not an ‘Answer Blog’. Here We ponder and wonder and blunder, but We know nothing for certain. What’s more, We’re proud of it.
Confusion, the mental state in which all critters stumble onward, does not need to worry anybody. Confusion does raise Questions, which are always valuable, however meaningless the answers are in the final analysis.
It’s the attention to what’s happening in our heads that matters. Thinking.
Color Coded
Some Readers are confused about the differences between so-called Black and White Rhinos. There is virtually no difference whatever in our natural pigmentations. Scrubbed down, We are all grayish brown or brownish gray. Gorgeous.
Where We vary from one another is in the dirt We lavish on our skin, which is what determines our color. The colors of African soils vary, so our tonalities do too.
That dusty layer protects Us from both the sun and bugs, goshdarnem.
(See posts from 11-28-15 and 12-1-15 for related fascinating data.)
Soloists
Each of Us is an Individual, which has a lot to recommend it. We share ourselves where that seems welcome. But ultimately, We each have lots more inside than We can ever share.
So our Individuality has a tinge of reservation, a knowledge that We will never be fully known.
Insecurities
Sometimes We Rhinos are prey to Vague Dread. At such times, each of Us creates a little psychic Hideaway in which to fuss about our predicaments.
Occasionally We stew away in isolation for hours… until We get hungry.
More often, the fun of imagining the Hideaway is so absorbing, We forget why We bothered to hide in the first place.
Know What?
One relief that Seniority offers is the understanding that We Rhinos will never know it all. We have passed the point when willfulness passes for knowledge.
Then We take things as they come, offering suggestions if asked, but realizing that We could just as easily be wrong as right.
Makes Us feel younger every day.
Parameters
Like it or not, all critters have Limitations. There are boundaries to Rhino capacities, assigned by Nature. We cannot fly, nor can We fit into a pumpkin shell. Nor climb trees successfully. Etc., etc.
What We can do is fill our Rhino turf with all the Excellence We can muster, leaving no smidge unappreciated. Without going beyond ourselves, We can investigate and extoll. Also, from inside our Rhino precincts, We can marvel at what other critters can do, and do do.
Rhinos can’t have it All. What a relief.
Hooray.
Your Inner Rhino 